Eleanor J. Ruetz, 86, of Montpelier left this Earth to be in Heaven with her loving husband on Friday morning at Defiance Area Regional Hospice Center.  She was born on March 9, 1929 in Northwest Township, Williams County, Ohio to Glen W. and Bessie M. (Grubs) Mocherman.  Eleanor graduated from Montpelier High …

An eight-year-old boy was killed Sun­day night when he rode his bicy­cle into the path of a pickup truck near Orland. Accord­ing to the STeuben County Sheriff’s Office, the fatal acci­dent hap­pened just after 8pm on County Road 700 North, when 55-year-old Bucky Ster­ling of Orland was dri­ving west the …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold sev­eral blood dri­ves in two coun­ties. A blood drive will be held on Mon­day, June 29, from 2:30–6:30 p.m. at the Fam­ily Chris­t­ian Cen­ter in Defi­ance. In Pauld­ing County, a blood drive will also be held on June 29, from 2–7 p.m. at the …

A motor­cy­clist from Canada died early Sun­day morn­ing when his bike was rear ended on I-69 north of Ash­ley. The crash hap­pened at 2:25am at the 343.5 mile marker on the south­bound side of I-69, when a vehi­cle dri­ven by 36 year old Chet Gilbert of Ash­ley, and a Harley …

On Sat­ur­day, June 27, all res­i­dents of Williams County will receive free admis­sion to the his­toric Sauder Vil­lage as part of Williams County Com­mu­nity Appre­ci­a­tion Day. Free admis­sion is being offered to all Williams County res­i­dents as a way to say thank you for their sup­port. On Williams County Day …

Keith Lock­hart now owns a piece of Bryan his­tory. The Bryan Times today, reports that Lock­hart sub­mit­ted the win­ning bid of $30,800 Thurs­day dur­ing an open auc­tion of the for­mer Williams County Sheriff’s Office and county jail build­ing in down­town Bryan. Lock­hart is a Mont­pe­lier con­struc­tion con­trac­tor. He actu­ally bid …

Accord­ing to a deci­sion by the Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions, a Hicksville may­oral candidate’s Inde­pen­dent sta­tus is invalid. The board decided by a 3–1, that David Schoo­ley can­not run as an Inde­pen­dent for mayor in the Novem­ber gen­eral elec­tion due to his con­nec­tion with the Defi­ance County Demo­c­ra­tic Party. …

A Defi­ance man is now behind bars, after his arrest for tak­ing part in a Wednes­day morn­ing rob­bery at the North­towne Mall. 21 year old Kyle March is being charged with felony rob­bery. He is being held in the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio, and is sched­uled to make an …

Patricia K. Collins, age 67 of Ney, Ohio passed away at 9:14 A.M. on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Defiance Regional Medical Center. She worked at Spangler Candy Company for 33 years. Patricia was known for collecting owls, and enjoyed camping, traveling and most of all, spending time with her …

Diane Marie Kendall, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at her home following a brief illness. Diane was the manager at Cut Rate Tobacco in Montpelier and had been a Bulk Mail carrier. She was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 and was …