Daniel W. Ainsworth Sr., 90 years, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015, in Genesis Healthcare, Twin Rivers Center. Daniel was born on September 22, 1925 in Holloway, Ohio, the son of the late Daniel Gilbert and Rose Anna (Muri) Ainsworth. He worked as a furnace chief for …

Donald R. “Skip” Krill, age 93, of Cincinnati and a long time Williams County resident, passed away at 9:35 A.M. on Friday, October 23, 2015, at the Hospice of Cincinnati- Blue Ash Unit. Skip was a farmer and was a custodian and bus driver for the Bryan City Schools. He …

Doris A. Bible, 95, of Pioneer went to be with the Lord Thursday night at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan.  She was born on April 23, 1920 in Bridgewater Township, Ohio to Emmett Scott and Ethel Blanche (Whaley) Waterston.  Doris graduated from Montpelier High School in 1938.  She married Paul E. …

On Fri­day, Cooper Farms held an open house at its new Sandy Ridge Gilt Farm in Cecil. The 179-acre farm will house approx­i­mately 1,600 young female pigs begin­ning in Decem­ber, where they will remain for about 16–17 weeks, or until they reach about 200 pounds. They will then be moved …

Bryan Police say that on Fri­day evening, at 9:50 PM, 32 year old Joshua James Wolf, who is described as being home­less, was arrested on a Felony War­rant out of Hills­dale Michi­gan. The orig­i­nal charge was Man­u­fac­tur­ing methamphetamine/Ecstasy and Oper­at­ing a Lab­o­ra­tory involv­ing Metham­phet­a­mine and Pos­ses­sion of Metham­phet­a­mine. Wolf was …

Accord­ing to a news release from The Williams County Pros­e­cu­tors Office, County Pros­e­cu­tor Kather­ine Zart­man has received con­fir­ma­tion that Sher­iff Steve Towns has been cleared of any pos­si­ble charges in con­nec­tion with the Bryan School Board inves­ti­ga­tions. Ohio BCI, in con­junc­tion with the Ohio Attor­ney General’s Spe­cial Pros­e­cu­tions Sec­tion, con­cluded …

Mary L. Zaleski, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 4:53 A.M. on Friday, October 23, 2015, at Community Health & Wellness Center- Bryan, where she had been a patient. Mrs. Zaleski was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She also enjoyed fishing and playing the …

Lettie Mae Lilly, 85 years, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Lettie was born November 16, 1929 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Negly and Gladys Mae (Williams) Rhone.  She was a 1948 graduate of Mark Center High …

Kenneth E. Dooley, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at Hillside Country Living. He owned Dooley Electric for over 30 years where he serviced electric motors. Mr. Dooley also taught Industrial Maintenance at 4-County Vocational School and …

A recent audit of the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio will result in no find­ings and no rec­om­men­da­tions. That news came dur­ing Wednesday’s meet­ing of the CCNO finan­cial overview com­mit­tee. CCNO Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Jim Den­nis said an inde­pen­dent CPA firm out of Toledo just com­pletedCCNO’s fis­cal audit as required by …