The Indi­ana State Fire Marshal’s Office says an explo­sion that took place at a home on the south side of Ash­ley on Mon­day night that killed one per­son and injured two oth­ers was caused by an LP gas leak with an out­side igni­tion source. Ash­ley Police said on their Face­book …

The Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion met this week to hear how a new pro­posed sports com­plex could save the dis­trict a mil­lion dol­lars and be a boost to busi­ness. Accord­ing to Brad Mor­ri­son of Maumee Bay Turf Cen­ter, the field can be used year round and last 10 years …

Pauline E. Gamble, age 89, of Wauseon passed away late Sunday November 22, 2015 at Glendale Senior Living in Toledo. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Wauseon Manufacturing and Perfection Finishers. Pauline was born in Henry County on April 4, 1926 the daughter of the late Fred J. …

Marvin E. Bauer, 82 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Marvin was born July 24, 1933 in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late William A. and Mary Ellen (Michael) Bauer. He was a 1952 graduate of Ney High School.  …

Sylvia Marie “Toby” Roesti, 67 years, of Defiance, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, with her family by her side. Toby was born on October 11, 1948 in Paulding, Ohio to the late Roy L. and Rose M. (Outland) Miller. She was a …

The Wauseon Pub­lic Library, 117 E. Elm St., will be closed is obser­vance of Thanks­giv­ing, from Nov. 26–28. The library will reopen at 10 a.m. on Mon­day, Nov. 30.

The Defi­ance County Health Depart­ment says that changes are com­ing and they will alter its pub­lic mis­sion. Many of the immu­niza­tions now offered by the health depart­ment will not be avail­able there. Because the Afford­able Care Act now cov­ers immu­niza­tions at 100 per­cent, the Health Depart­ment will not be giv­ing children’s …

With all the focus on the big box stores com­pletely chang­ing “Black Fri­day”, small busi­nesses in our area are remind­ing shop­pers that Sat­ur­day is “small busi­ness Saturday” Amer­i­can Express is part­ner­ing again with small busi­nesses all around the nation to pro­mote Small Busi­ness Sat­ur­day. It’s a rel­a­tively new tra­di­tion that …

A Henry County pas­tor is in jail for sus­pected sex crimes. He is wanted in Missouri. Robert Azinger was arrested Thurs­day by the Henry County Sheriff’s Office on a “fugi­tive from jus­tice” charge, and was arraigned Fri­day in Napoleon Munic­i­pal Court. He is being held at CCNO on a $100,000 …

Two peo­ple were arrested over the week­end by Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies. 33-year-old Michael Joyce of Toledo was charged with assault after an inci­dent that occured while Joyce was incar­cer­ated at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. 26-year-old David Pollino II of Lima was charged with oper­at­ing a vehi­cle while under …