Folks trav­el­ing this Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day are strongly encour­aged to buckle up. That’s the word from the Ohio State High­way Patrol, say­ing that we“aring a safety belt is the sin­gle most effec­tive thing you can do to pro­tect your­self in a crash.” In Ohio last year dur­ing the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day week­end, 23 …

The Henry County Bank, 110 N. Turkey­foot Ave. in Mal­inta was robbed Mon­day morning. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is seek­ing infor­ma­tion on the robbers. Accord­ing to Chief Deputy Arlen Cohrs, two black male sus­pects report­edly entered the bank and ordered bank employ­ees and one cus­tomer down to the floor …

Richard Lavon Clark, Sr., 93, passed away Sunday afternoon at his home in Montpelier.  A Williams County resident for his entire life, he was born in Montpelier on October 17, 1922 to Boyd and Myrtle Amelia (Friedel) Clark, Sr.  Richard went to Montpelier High School and graduated in 1940.  After school he went …

Timothy J. “Tiny” Mielke, age 66, of Wauseon passed away unexpectedly Wednesday November 18, 2015. Prior to his retirement he had been a Security Supervisor for Sun Oil. Mr. Mielke was born in Toledo on October 23, 1949 the son of the late LeRoy and Florence (Wypyhoski) Mielke. On January …

Arlene May Onweller, age 89, of Wauseon passed away late Thursday November 19, 2015 at Fulton Manor. She was a lifelong area Homemaker and had also worked as a nurses aide prior to retirement. Mrs. Onweller was born on January 20, 1929 in Fulton County, Ohio the daughter of the …

It’s the time of year for tra­di­tions, and at Defi­ance Col­lege, the annual Thanks­giv­ing cel­e­bra­tion was held last week for over 400 stu­dents. Because most of the stu­dent body goes home for the hol­i­day, the col­lege fixes the meal for the entire stu­dent body the week before Thanks­giv­ing. This is …

Thanks­giv­ing week is here, and the hol­i­days are just around the cor­ner. Napoleon will have the Christ­mas parade tonight from 6–7 pm down­town. Thurs­day, the 18th annual Turkey Trot will be held begin­ning at 8:30 a.m. at Inde­pen­dence Dam State Park. It’s a four-mile run or fun walk. You can …

A woman miss­ing from Hicksville for sev­eral hours was even­tu­ally located more than 10 miles away in Har­lan, Indi­ana. The 66-year-old woman left home on foot. The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office said police depart­ment has not released any more information.

In news that affects your wal­let, the local econ­omy is improv­ing. The Ohio Treasurer’s Office reports that sales tax dis­tri­b­u­tions are up more than a half mil­lion dol­lars from March to August this year. July was the biggest sales month, March was the slow­est. Accord­ing to the Depart­ment of Labor, …

The E. coli out­break at Chipo­tle restau­rants has now hit Ohio. The CDC says new cases have been reported in Cal­i­for­nia, New York and Ohio. The affected Ohio loca­tion is report­edly in Akron. TheCDC is try­ing to deter­mine the spe­cific food that is linked to the ill­ness. So far, the …