The Montpelier Village Council approves selling nearly $100,000 dollars’ worth of renewable energy credits, in a way that will hopefully benefit citizens. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource. Village Manager, Jason Rockey said they earned …

The former AT&T building in West Unity on State Route 191 is moving closer to being torn down, the Williams County Land Reutilization Corp. learns. Officials say, the site was recently approved for a site assessment grant adding that the cost for remediating the building is not yet known, but …

A man is left with injuries after he crashes in DeKalb County Saturday night. Officials say that the Butler man was on US Highway 6, in the 5,600 block, when he crashed into a ditch. After that, the truck went about another 75 yards, hitting a utility pole, breaking it …

Bryan Municipal Utilities likely will be performing a revenue analysis later this year to determine if rates are adequate. Director of Utilities, Derek Schultz and Operations Manager, Jimmy Dunning provided the Bryan Board of Public Affairs with the 2023 review. Schultz said while the water fund is currently healthy, the …

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is deploying a team of Indiana National Guardsmen to the southern border of Texas and Mexico. In a press release, Holcomb said the decision was made to “support the ongoing border security mission.” A total of fifty Indiana National Guardsmen are being sent to Camp Atterbury …

Helen E. Grandey, 96, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio.  Helen was born December 28, 1927, in Williams County, Ohio, daughter of the late Lewis and Nellie (Jones) North.  She attended Hickory Grove School and graduated in 1946 …

Eileen Doris (Shaw) Schilt, 101 years, of West Unity, passed from this life, on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Laurels of Defiance, surrounded by many loving family members and friends. Eileen was born in West Unity on October 24, 1922, the daughter of the late Irvin Nelson and Edna …

The city of Bryan has dropped the multiple zoning charges filed against a local pastor at the end of last year. In all, the 18 zoning violations, were up against Pastor Chris Avell of Dad’s Place on S. Main St. The original charges stemmed from the facility allowing people, mostly …

Williams County commissioners give approval for a couple of programs geared toward helping local youth at no cost to the county. The commissioners signed off on an agreement between Williams County Department of Job and Family Services and Farmers and Merchants Bank…to provide financial literacy and entrepreneur skills for youth …

The DeWine administration backs off its plans to impose rules that advocates feared would have restricted gender-affirming medical treatment for adults in a way no other state has. The rules proposed by two state departments would have required the psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medical ethicists to have roles in creating gender-affirming …