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Rowena Ann Hooper, 67

Rowena Ann Hooper, age 67, of Bryan, passed away Monday, February 26, 2024 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne.  She was a homemaker and attended Eastland Baptist Church.  Rowena enjoyed spending time a the Bryan Senior Center, flower gardening, baking, watching movies and loved dogs. Rowena was born …

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Steven A. Kimpel, 54

Steven A. Kimpel, age 54, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024, in his home in Edgerton, Ohio. He was the son of Vernon and Ruth Kimpel. Stevie was the favorite youngest brother of his ten older siblings. He, in turn, let his brothers and sisters know they were his …

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Edith Marie Wagner, 98

Edith Marie Wagner, 98 years of West Unity, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Edith was born February 24, 1926, in Center Township, Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Henry J. and Grace M. …

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Virginia Dare “Ginny” McDougall-Dickey, 85

Virginia Dare “Ginny” McDougall-Dickey, 85, of Cecil, Ohio, passed away Thursday, February 29, 2024, in Paulding, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family.  Ginny was born July 2, 1938, in Athol, Kentucky, daughter of the late Clayton and Verna E. (Callahan) Gross.  She attended Paulding High School, and married James E. …

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Kevin G. Miller, 70

Kevin G. Miller, age 70, of  Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Kevin retired from Archbold Container Corporation with over 40 years of service.  He enjoyed fishing, traveling, riding motorcycles with his friends and his annual vacations at Lake …

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Bryan man charged with aggravated burglary found not competent to stand trial at this time.

Following a court ordered competency evaluation, a Bryan man charged with aggravated burglary is found not competent to stand trial at this time. David G. Notestine was ordered by Williams County Common Pleas Court Judge J.T. Stelzer to be committed to the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital in Toledo for not …

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Montpelier joins the county’s geographical information systems program.

The Village of Montpelier has joined up with the county’s geographical information systems program. The Village Council approved a memorandum of understanding at its meeting. The memorandum, passed under suspension of the rules requiring three readings, states the village will pay $550 dollars a year for ArcGIS and will also …

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An Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks.

An Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks, despite a statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission granted the mineral rights to several oil and gas companies, allowing them to frack for oil and …

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Ohio Republican lawmakers – primary election.

Despite wielding power in both chambers of the state Legislature, Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are far from coasting through this election season, as incumbents face challengers from their own party, in the midst of a bitter GOP power struggle. Next month’s primary will likely be used to further wage the infighting …

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Fatal accident in Defiance County Tuesday morning.

A Defiance man dies in a single-vehicle crash just west of the city Tuesday morning. The Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatched officers to the scene of the accident on State Route 18 at 10:30am, near Flickinger Road. They found 56-year-old, Douglas Justinger’s car. They say Justinger drove off the roadway, …

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