The Mont­pe­lier Water Depart­ment will begin the annual fire hydrant flush­ing and flow-testing pro­gram on Mon­day, August 3rd. They say work is expected to be wrapped up on or before Fri­day, August 14th. Dur­ing the flush­ing and test­ing, cus­tomers may notice some dis­col­oration in their water. These con­di­tions are only …

Well, this isn’t good… It seems that the bids for the ren­o­va­tion project at the Williams County Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices build­ing came in over the orig­i­nal esti­mate. Way, way over in fact! The orig­i­nal esti­mate was for right around $250,00o. A bid from one con­trac­tor came in at $353,610. Another …

Merit Wallace Smith, age 96, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:15 P.M. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare, Bryan Facility, where was a resident. Mr. Smith was a 1937 graduate of Gorham Fayette High School and a veteran of the Unites States Army, who served in World War …

Bobby D. Metz, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:10 A.M. on Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Metz was a 1946 graduate of Edgerton High School and had been a truck …

Connie J. Eckert-Hart, age 52, of Stryker, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Toledo Hospital. Connie was born in Charleroi, PA on September 29, 1962, the daughter of Charles and Ella (Remmelmayr) Eckert. In 2000 she married Bejamin Hart, and he survives. Connie was a member of …

William J. Wieland, 72 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Bill was born November 8, 1942 in Evansport, Ohio, the son of the late John L. and Grace M. (Henning) Wieland.  He was a 1961 graduate of Stryker …

Two peo­ple were hurt in a Fri­day night crash in Steuben County. It hap­pened around 10:30 Fri­day night, when 21 year old Lyn­d­sey Boyd of Cold­wa­ter, Michi­gan was south­bound on C.R. 300 W. and missed a yield sign at S.R. 120. Boyd’s car hit a truck dri­ven by 17 year …

The mem­bers of the Defi­ance Police Offi­cers Asso­ci­a­tion have accepted a state fact finder’s report on a new three-year con­tract pro­posal that now clears the way for city coun­cil to con­sider an ordi­nance agree­ing to the three-year deal retroac­tive to Jan. 1. The fact finder agreed with a pro­posal for …

Alan Fran­cis is a World Horse­shoe cham­pion… for the 20th time! Fran­cis, of Defi­ance, com­pleted a per­fect week of play on Sat­ur­day, win­ning all five matches to fin­ish the 97th annual World Horse­shoe Tour­na­ment unde­feated. Fran­cis went 15–0 dur­ing pre­lim­i­nary action on Mon­day through Wednes­day, and made it 15–0 over …

A mas­sive recall of some local meat prod­ucts… Jacob’s Qual­ity Meats, of Defi­ance has issued a vol­un­tary recall of some 430 pounds of shred­ded beef because it was pro­duced with­out inspec­tion and mis­branded. Also included in the recall is approx­i­mately 45 pounds of sand­wich spread, poten­tially labeled as ham salad. …