A new ground­wa­ter study pre­sented at the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs meet­ing Tues­day evening increases sig­nif­i­cantly the bound­aries of the City of Bryan’s source water pro­tec­tion area. Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties con­tracted with Ben­nett & Williams, a con­sult­ing firm, to update the delin­eation of the source water pro­tec­tion area as …

Absen­tee bal­lots are now avail­able at the Williams County Board of Eec­tions on East High Street in Bryan for the Novem­ber 3rd gen­eral elec­tion. Bear in mind that reg­is­tered vot­ers who want to vote absen­tee by mail have to make their appl­ci­a­tion prior to noon Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 31st. It can …

A Sher­wood woman was hurt when her rig flipped over. It hap­pened mon­day. Police say 55 year old Denise Mor­gan of 105 East Maple Street was trav­el­ing north­bound on Ohio 49 near Beer Bower Road when her vehi­cle left the road and she tried to get it back on the …

Funny money has appar­ently been float­ing around some area busi­nesses. Napoleon police say they’ve seen a surge of it recently.…most of the fake bills being used are 20’s, 50’s and 100’s. Police say if viewed closely, the bills can be exposed as coun­ter­feit as they have poor print qual­ity. You …

Defi­ance Col­lege will hold a Mil­i­tary and Vet­er­ans Appre­ci­a­tion Day on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 10, at the DC-Manchester foot­ball game. All area vet­er­ans are wel­come and will be admit­ted to the game free with their mil­i­tary ID. Kick-off is at 1:30 p.m. The school is also accept­ing care pack­age dona­tions for …

Rosie Gomez-Yant, age 57, of Wauseon, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2015 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. Rosie was born in Fulton County, Ohio on February 12, 1958, the daughter of Francisco and Cleofus (Ramon) Gomez. She was a member of St. Caspar Catholic Church in Wauseon. Surviving …

Viola M. Herman, age 70, of Reading, Michigan, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:50 A.M. on Friday, October 2, 2015, at Hillsdale Community Health Center in Hillsdale, Michigan, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Herman had been employed throughout the years as a cook …

Offi­cials with the Fort Defi­ance Humane Soci­ety are hop­ing that low-cost spay and neuter pro­grams will lead to fewer cats run­ning free in the county. They say that although they have an almost 100-percent suc­cess rate when it comes to adopt­ing dogs, at least 60 per­cent of the cats that …

Pauld­ing County com­mis­sion­ers met recently and learned of some eco­nomic devel­op­ment issues. The Com­mis­sion­ers met with rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Regional Growth Part­ner­ship Jobs Ohio and Pauld­ing County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment, and learned that sev­eral area col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties are in the process of form­ing a con­sor­tium to dis­cuss and plan edu­ca­tional pro­grams …

The com­mis­sion­ers from Williams, Defi­ance, Henry and Ful­ton coun­ties are now con­sid­er­ing sell­ing the Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter build­ing in Stryker to Quadco. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the deci­sion to take a look at sell­ing the prop­erty comes fol­low­ing recent rule changes from the US Cen­ters for Medicare and Med­ic­aid, …