With Thanks­giv­ing right around the cor­ner, Cooper Farms has donated more than 5,000 pounds of meat to the Ohio Asso­ci­a­tion of Food­banks. Gary Cooper, the COO of Cooper Farms, said most of the meat will stay in the west­ern Ohio area. Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Ohio Asso­ci­a­tion of …

As farm­ers get ready for win­ter, the new state law con­cern­ing water qual­ity and fer­til­izer were to topic of con­ver­sa­tion at the Ever­green Lane Office Com­plex. The law estab­lished new restric­tions. About two dozen area res­i­dents talked about the restric­tions, weather fore­casts, and keep­ing track of treat­ments. Matt Lane, the …

The Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion agency has sent a notice to Defi­ance County about E. coli test­ing in Plat­ter Creek which is prompt­ing a health depart­ment inves­ti­ga­tion. The EPA said a test of Plat­ter Creek dis­cov­ered “ele­vated” E. coli lev­els, and that the color of the water and odor sug­gest a nearby …

The Williams County Board of Elec­tions has cer­ti­fied the gen­eral elec­tion results from early Novem­ber. No races were changed, and none will be sub­ject to an auto­matic recount. The results became final after tab­u­lat­ing the pro­vi­sional and absen­tee bal­lots, about 175 total. The Board says 32 bal­lots were dis­qual­i­fied for …

In a year of unusual weather, here comes more. The National Weather Ser­vice says we could get accu­mu­lat­ing snow this weeked, mainly Fri­day night and Sat­ur­day. The spe­cial weather state­ment is for Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry, Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties. The National Weather Ser­vice says they’ll know more on Thurs­day. …

Trash rates are going up next year, and the year after. The Bryan City Coun­cil approved the hikes. The monthly rates will go up to $23.50 begin­ning Jan­u­ary first, then up another two dol­lars in Jan­u­ary 2017. Seniors will pay $19 next year, and $21 in 2017. The rate hike …

An Ohio man is fac­ing charges after 198 mar­i­juana plants were seized from his res­i­dence in Antwerp. Tim­o­thy B. Edwards, 56, was arrested at the house he rents on Mon­day. He is being charged with know­ingly cul­ti­vat­ing mar­i­juana, a third-degree felony. Police also seized chem­i­cals, lights, soil, fans, firearms and …

A local Mom is upset at the Bryan school dis­trict, for how they’ve han­dled a sit­u­a­tion with her daugh­ter, her mid­dle school teacher and a friend three years ago. The woman, Kim Snavely said her girls were at the teacher’s home after school and found pri­vate sex­ual items. Snavely said …

Larry R. Martin, 79, of Montpelier, passed away Sunday night at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  He was born on January 6, 1936 in Montpelier to Carl and Margaret (Herb) Martin.  Larry graduated from Montpelier High School in 1954.  On August 19, 1956 he married Marcia J. Zulch in Montpelier and she …

Richard “Dick” Brandeberry, 84, of Montpelier passed away on Monday November 16th at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Montpelier.  He was born on January 3, 1931 in Bridgewater Township to Royal Cleo and Mary (Fisher) Brandeberry. Richard attended Montpelier High School. He honorably served his country in the United States …