An acci­dent involv­ing a pedes­trian and a train occurred early Sun­day morn­ing in Defi­ance. It was just after 1am yes­ter­day, when the call came in about the mishap at the rail­road cross­ing on Ottawa Avenue. So far, the vic­tim has not been iden­ti­fied. We do know how­ever, that the pedes­trian …

Dorothy Eileen Meller, age 85, of Archbold, and formerly of Wauseon, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Robert E. Albright, age 60, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home.

Steven M. Gorsuch, age 64, of Stryker, Ohio formerly of Toledo, Ohio, passed away May 16, 2015 in his home. He was born June 12, 1950 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Eugene and Betty (Rotterdam) Gorsuch. Survivors, Sisters, Susan Gorsuch, Toledo, Ohio. Judy (John) Paisie, Holland , Ohio. Brother, …

Lois I. Westfall, 95 years, of Sherwood, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Twin Rivers Nursing Home, Defiance. Lois was born March 30, 1920, in Mark Center, Ohio, to the late Orley and Oda (Ebersole) Gecowets. She attended Mark Center Elementary School and Sherwood High School. Lois married Frank …

Edward C. Davenport, 70, of Edon passed away early Saturday morning at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  He was born on September 9, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio to John L. and Virginia R. (Cole) Davenport.  Edward graduated from Montpelier High School in 1963.  On January 31, 1965 he married Patricia A. Culbertson at …

The Pauld­ing Cham­ber of Com­merce Lead­er­ship in Action group has under­taken the project of research­ing and rais­ing aware­ness to make U.S. 24 safer. The results of that project are expected to help the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion do just that. The group pre­sented their find­ings on Wednes­day at the Pauld­ing …

A Swan­ton woman died in a crash Tues­day morn­ing. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office says 35 year old Trisha Palmer died at the scene of that acci­dent, that hap­pened at 10:30 a.m., at County Road L and Town­ship Road 3. Palmer was dri­ving a U.S. Postal Ser­vice truck, when she …

Those turn­ing 65 years old this year, have only until Mon­day, June 1 to apply for the Ohio home­stead exemp­tion reduc­tion. In addi­tion, if you are a new appli­cant, who owns or occu­pies a home, and will turn 65 in 2015, or if you become per­manantly dis­abled, you will be …

Need work? Four County Career Cen­ter plans to hold its first job and career fair next Wednes­day for career cen­ter stu­dents only. Fifty-two area employ­ers will take part, to meet the juniors and seniors. Employ­ers rep­re­sent­ing all four coun­ties will be present as well as some from Lucas and Wood …