The Williams County Sheriff’s Dept made an arrest Tues­day evening. Offi­cers took 52 year old Rod­ney Tin­gle of Mont­pe­lier into cus­tody on charges of dis­or­derly con­duct and dis­or­derly con­duct while vol­un­tar­ily intox­i­cated. No other details sur­round­ing Tingle’s arrest have been released.

The Branch County Sher­iffs Depart­ment Marine Patrol is inves­ti­gat­ing a water­craft acci­dent that hap­pened Sat­ur­day on Cold­wa­ter Lake. A girl from Napoleon was hurt in that mishap which hap­pened when the girl was thrown from a tube being pulled by a boat. Inves­ti­ga­tors say she may have struck one of …

Judel K Henricks, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away in her home on Sunday, August 9, 2015. Mrs. Henricks attended Edgerton High School and was a member of the Melbern United Methodist Church. She drove bus for the Hilltop Local Schools for a number of years and worked at …

Stryker Police Sergeant Steve Mendez was rec­og­nized Mon­day for catch­ing a pair of sus­pects in a string of break-ins. Mendez received a cer­tifi­cate of com­men­da­tion for out­stand­ing ser­vice at Monday’s coun­cil meet­ing. Sergeant Mendez said that he and Rea­gan, his K9 part­ner, assist other police agen­cies in Williams County. He …

On Mon­day after­noon, the folks who run Eagle Rock Golf Course had to deal with fig­ur­ing out just how to get a golf cart out of a pond at Car­pen­ter Road and East River Drive. Defi­ance Police say the cart was being oper­ated at a high rate of speed by …

A Pleas­ant Town­ship man entered into a plea agree­ment on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 25 year old Jere­miah Mathes was arrested in May on a charge related to metham­phet­a­mine. Mathes offered to plead guilty to a level 5 felony of man­u­fac­tur­ing meth. Under terms of the plea agree­ment, two …

Another drug bust in Bryan… On Sun­day, Bryan Police arrested 19 year old Daniel Monachino of Stryker. Monachino was charged with Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana and Pos­ses­sion of Para­pher­naila. He was released after pro­cess­ing, and will appear in court at a future date.

A Napoleon teenager was report­edly raped early Sun­day morn­ing. Napoleon Police say the inci­dent involved a 17-year-old Napoleon girl, who says she was walk­ing south in the 700 block of Daggett Drive early Sun­day morn­ing, between 1 and 1:30AM, when she was forced to the ground and raped. Only a …

Williams County Sheriff’s Deputies made an arrest last night. 36 year old Kevin Fos­ter of Mont­pe­lier was nabbed on a felony war­rant on an indict­ment out of the Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court, with the orig­i­nal charge being listed as fail­ure to notify a change of address. No addi­tional infor­ma­tion …

Deanna Kay Gipe, 78, passed away Thursday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  She was born July 9, 1937 in Union Township, Van Wert County, Ohio the daughter of James Bertrand and Kathryn (Thomas) Dougal.  Deanna graduated from Convoy-Union Schools in Van Wert County in 1955.  She graduated from Fort Wayne International Business College in 1956. …