The Millcreek-West Unity Local Board of Education gets updated on a couple of upcoming possibilities for students. Superintendent, Jim Wyse updated the board on the Project Prairie, which would use district land to create a prairie…to be used by student science classes. Wyse said the creation of the district would …

Early voting for the 2023 general election is underway. Polls officially opened for early voting Wednesday, allowing people to go to the Williams County Board of Elections, at the Williams County East Annex, on E. High St., in Bryan to cast their ballot. The office will be open from 8 …

The Williams County Health Department gets $27,500 dollars in federal grant dollars from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office…for the Safe Communities Coalition. Safe Communities promotes traffic safety. Officials say…the money will help fund various programs, aimed at addressing safety concerns on county roadways.  

Williams County voters are being asked to support a new, continuing 3.5 mill levy…to fund county emergency medical services. If approved, it would generate $2.9 million dollars each year for, costing the owner of a $100,000 dollar home, about $10 dollars per month. Williams County EMS is one of the …

Heavier-than-normal turnout is expected, as early voting begins in Ohio’s closely watched off-year election…to decide the future of abortion access and marijuana legalization in the state. Of greatest interest nationally is Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment, giving every person the right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive …

Edmond H. Strom, age 78, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, October 1, 2023, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio.  Mr. Strom was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving in Korea and Vietnam.  He was a truck driver, driving for Estes Trucking for …

Sally May (Beaman) Metz entered eternal life on Friday, October 6th, 2023 at 7:47 a.m. Sally May (Beaman) Metz was born January 3, 1937 in New Castle, Pennsylvania.  The daughter of Drexel B. Beaman and Jane Evelyn (Hamberger) Beaman.  She was the first of seven children: Sally May (Beaman) Metz, …

Kalli J. Hug, age 57, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away at 12:58 A.M. on Monday, October 9, 2023, at Promedica Toledo Hospital surrounded by her family after a brief illness. Kalli was a 1984 graduate of Edon High School and graduated from Columbus State with an associate degree in business.  She …

Fonda C. Hook, 64, of Newville, Indiana, passed away unexpectedly Monday, October 9, 2023.  Fonda was born October 13, 1958, in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of Ray and Carolyn J. (Osmun) Moore.  She was a 1977 graduate of Eastside High School.  Fonda most recently worked as a security guard with …

Dodi L. Filson, age 65, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Stryker, Ohio, passed away at 9:39 A.M. on Thursday, October 5, 2023, in her home after a extended illness. Mrs. Filson was graduate of Stryker High School and Purdue University. She had been a longtime employee of First National …