The County commissioners approve nearly $100,000 dollars in fund transfers for an equipment upgrade for Williams County Hillside Country Living. The transfer amounted to $96,241 dollars from unappropriated funds to Capital Assets-Building/Improvements. The commissioners also approved a biannual affiliation renewal agreement between Williams County Common Pleas Court/Adult Probation and Northwest …

In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue, aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two separate issues…one about abortion, and one about other reproductive healthcare. In a unanimous ruling…the Ohio Supreme Court sided with the bipartisan Ohio …

William “Bill” S. Stoops, 81, of Montpelier, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023 at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier. Bill was born on December 1, 1941 in Adrian, MI to Seland and Georgette (Webber) Stoops. He graduated from Hilltop High School in 1959. On August 31, 1963 Bill married Karen …

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Dakota James Embry, age 24, of Alvordton, Ohio, passed away on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Bowling Green, Ohio.  Dakota worked as a tree trimmer for his grandfather’s company, Trees-R-Us.  He had attended Restoration Fellowship in Williams Center and played football at Napoleon high School.  He was an avid football …

Patricia K. Zeiger, 73, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.  Patricia was born December 2, 1949, in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of the late Henry and Ida (Brown) Smith.  She was a 1967 graduate of Columbian High School, Tiffin, Ohio. …

Ohio parents could soon see more taxpayer money in their pockets to help send their schoolchildren to private and religious schools, or fund homeschooling, under changes to a voucher program that Republican state lawmakers and the governor must hammer out by month’s end. Ohio has had some form of vouchers …

The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. Yet each also is navigating a fine line on how to address election fraud conspiracies as they gear up campaigns for U.S. Senate or governor in 2024. The split-screen messaging …

Jerome B. “Jerry” Houck, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:15 P.M. on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Fairlawn Haven Care Center in Archbold, Ohio, after a brief illness.  Jerry was a 1955 graduate of Bryan High School and served in the United States Air Force.  He had been …

Colonel (Ret.) Karl Edwin Mauerhan, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, May 29, 2023.  Born on February 22, 1931, in Edon, he was the son of Arthur Carl “A.C.” and Louise Ann (Starr) Mauerhan.  Colonel Mauerhan was a graduate of Edon High School and …