A fire at a house trailer on South 465 West early Sun­day morn­ing is under inves­ti­ga­tion. The first call came in around 3:25AM, and by the time fire­fight­ers got there, it only took them min­utes to con­tain it, as a neigh­bor had already man­aged to douse most of the flames …

Alberta L. Armstrong, age 92, of rural Wauseon, passed away Sunday morning, September 6, 2015, at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Alberta was born in New Madrid, MO on July 7, 1923, the youngest child of George Albert and Allie Mae (Ferrenburg) Eby. She married Ellis J. Armstrong in 1941, and …

John F. Arnos, age 88 years, 11 months, of Ridgeville Corners, passed away Sunday morning, September 6, 2015, in his home. Prior to his retirement he had been a farmer and had worked at the Zehr Company in Archbold, Agrico in Ridgeville Corners, Behrman Vault Company in Ridgeville Corners, and …

Meryl B. Brillhart, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, passed away September 5, 2015. Mr. Brillhart was a lifelong farmer and had also worked for the Ohio Turnpike in road maintenance prior to retiring in 1989. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II having served on the USS …

Belva (JoHantgen) Starr, 102, died peacefully in her sleep at Ebeid Hospice on Friday, September 4th.  She was born in Van Wert, Ohio in 1913 to Francis and Clara JoHantgen.  Belva credited her work on the family farm for her strength and fortitude.  After graduating from high school in West Unity, Ohio she …

Nancy C. Apt, 72, of Kunkle passed away early Friday morning at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  She was born on December 5, 1942 in Bryan to John and Winona E. (Rowley) Apt.  Nancy graduated from North Central High School in 1960. Nancy was a Toll Clerk for the Ohio Turnpike, and …

Lois M. Stombaugh, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:50 A.M. on Friday, September 4, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Stombaugh was a 1941 graduate of Pioneer High School. She and her husband Paul farmed their land for nearly 40 years and she …

Bryan Police had a busy Labor Day week­end. On Fri­day after­noon, they arrested 20 year old Tar­rence C. Grandey of Palmer Lane, Bryan, and charged him with Theft-Shoplifting. He was released. Then on Sat­ur­day evening, Bryan Police took 26 year old Haley Win­kler of North Union Street into cus­tody on …

A man wanted by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment as a non-compliant sex offender was nabbed arly Sat­ur­day morn­ing in Cold­wa­ter. 33-year-old Ronald Eugene Giles of Florida was picked up only a few hours after the Sheriff’s Depart­ment posted infor­ma­tion about Giles on their Face­book page. It was a tip …

A fire at a house trailer on South 465 West early Sun­day morn­ing is under inves­ti­ga­tion. The first call came in around 3:25AM, and by the time fire­fight­ers got there, it only took them min­utes to con­tain it, as a neigh­bor had already man­aged to douse most of the flames …