Matt J. Crommer, 68, of Camden, Michigan passed away at his home on Sunday, May 19, 2024.  He was born on April 9, 1956 in Wauseon, Ohio to Charles L. and Sue A. Crommer.  Matt was a machinist at M&S in Hudson, Michigan and worked for Schaedler & Son Trucking, …

Lynnette J. Diaz, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.  Lynnette was a devoted and active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bryan.  She was the choir and bell-choir director for several years.  She also enjoyed knitting, …

Judy Joyce Sawyer, age 79, of Edon, Ohio passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024, at CHP hospice in Defiance, Ohio. Judy was a graduate of Fayette High School and worked for several grocery stores as a cashier for over thirty years. Judy was also a devoted wife and mother; working …

Shirley Ann Lowe, 81, of Hicksville, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Vancrest of Hicksville. Shirley was born December 12, 1942, in Taft, California, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Mary (Bukey) Probst.  Shirley married Glenn S. Lowe on December 12, 1989, in Hicksville, and he survives. Shirley …

The Williams County Engineer’s Office will be hosting a town hall meeting this week for those interested in discussing the Alvordton sewer project. The meeting will be Thursday at the Alvordton Community Center from 3-6 p.m. It will be an open house forum where those interested can come in any …

Many Memorial Day events are scheduled throughout the area this coming holiday weekend. The following is a list of most of those in area counties. Defiance County • Riverview Memory Gardens and Garden Mausoleums, 29231 Defiance County Road 424, will get things started at 10 a.m. Saturday with a ceremony …

Two Defiance County bridges with big traffic impacts are going in different directions.The U.S. 127 bridge south of Sherwood – closed for the past year – reopened Friday morning after a brief ceremony by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) while the Ohio 15 bridge over the Tiffin River in …

The Hicksville hospital is “temporarily suspending operation” that began Sunday. In a brief statement on Facebook, Community Memorial Hospital announced the news. Comments have been turned off on the post. “We are pursuing all avenues to restore operations and keep services available in the community,” the statement reads.

Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sextortion a serious crime. Sextortion involves convincing someone to share explicit photos of themselves, then threatening to share those pictures publicly unless the victim pays money. Lawmakers point out that the victims are typically teenage boys. And in the case of an …

Carolyn Jean (Shannon) Strobel, 88, a lifelong resident of Montpelier passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at her home.  She was born on February 18, 1936 in Montpelier to Carl and Marion Klein Shannon.  Carolyn graduated from Montpelier High School in 1954.  On October 8, 1955 she married Frederic …