Rogerio Sierra, Jr., age 69, of Montpelier passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance. Rogerio had been a press operator at Pioneer Forge for several years before having to medically retire. He attended Grace Community Church and was a member of the …

Juanita Flory, age 71, of Montpelier, Ohio passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold. She worked in the kitchen at Fairlawn haven for many years, retiring in 1991. Juanita was a member of the Bryan Gospel Tabernacle. She enjoyed spending time at the Montpelier Senior Center, …

To honor Michael’s wishes, there will be no visitation or memorial services held. Arrangements are in care of Oberlin-Turnbull Funeral Home, 206 North Lynn Street, Bryan.   https://www.oberlinturnbull.com/obituary/michael-monarch?fh_id=16990

Crews at the Bryan Water Treatment Plant worked to fix one valve and remove another that prevented water from filling the system’s towers. Water department employees were notified of a problem Tuesday afternoon, but their inability to locate and fix the exact problem resulted in Bryan Municipal Utilities issuing a …

In DeKalb County…a public defender has been appointed for the man accused of killing an Indiana State Police Trooper earlier this month while fleeing from Fort Wayne Police on I-69. Terry Sands, 42, of Marion is charged with murder and more in the death of Master Trooper James Bailey on …

The Williams County Board of Health passes a resolution that backs a push for a rate increase for Medicaid dental providers in the state budget. The Ohio Department of Medicaid’s budget proposal seeks to increase the dental budget by 15%, which would be a $59.2 million dollars. Last year, 40% …

The city of Bryan tells residents to stop using water immediately Tuesday evening in a Facebook post…due to a valve failure at the city’s water treatment plant. While the water is safe to drink and there is no evidence of contamination, the city is unable to pump water into the …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says a fight…involving someone with a shotgun led to the arrest of four people…in connection with a drug trafficking investigation…at an East Peachy Road location in. Prosecutors say…it started from a dispute over a recent drug trafficking incident that several people were involved in. Soon…the …

After just under three hours of deliberation, a Williams County jury finds a Pioneer man not guilty on both counts of felonious assault stemming from an incident last year in an emergency room. Ricky Collins, 62, had been charged with assault following an altercation between himself and an emergency room …

Marilyn Lou Bodiker, 77 years of Waterloo, and a lifelong resident of Hamilton, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, in her daughter’s home.  Marilyn was born December 4, 1945, in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ralph and Doris (Bible) Baker.  She was a graduate of Hamilton High School …