The Williams County Board of Elections had a successful test of their voting equipment during their meeting, this week. It was one extra chance for people to observe the test of the machines that will be used on the upcoming Aug. 2 primary. Tabulation of the results came back correctly, …

Howard W. “Butch” Blasing, 78, of Hamilton, Indiana passed away at his home on Friday, July 8, 2022. Butch was born June 7, 1944, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Howard F. and Mildred I. (Blue) Blasing. He was a 1964 graduate of Hicksville High School. Howard served …

The nationwide labor shortage has had a particularly strong effect on bus driver staffing…and Bryan City Schools is among the many districts affected. Officials noted during Monday’s regular school board meeting that the district is down four drivers with the start of the school year a little over a month …

At last check…29 Williams County residents have voted early for the Aug. 2 primary election. Area ballot officials say that was the pace they expected. Early voting for this unusual extra primary got underway Wednesday and continues up to Election Day. Low turnout is anticipated as the only races on …

Williams County Commissioners will consider a request by the county fair board for $120,000 dollars…to build a second horse barn…located on the east side of the fairgrounds, just south of the horse arena and the current horse stables, which will remain, officials say. The new barn will be used as …

Andrew “Andy” O. Farmer, II, 69 of Montpelier went home to be with the Lord after a sudden illness on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on January 22, 1953 in Wareham, Massachusetts to Carl Edwin and Mary (Houser) Farmer.  Andy graduated …

Norma C. Seevers, age 90, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away at 2:50 P.M. on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville after a brief illness. Mrs. Seevers attended Edgerton High School and was a devoted farm wife, working on the family farm near Hicksville. She was a …

Ray was born December 10, 1939, in Bryan, Ohio to Raymond C. and Marjorie (Sinkey) Kuszmaul. He married Adele (Thompson) Kuszmaul on July 17, 1962, giving them nearly 60 years together of faith, love, and adventure. Ray and Adele raised two children, Teri (Kuszmaul) Carnley of Graceville, Florida, and Steve …

Wilma L. Smith, 91, of Montpelier, Ohio, and a former longtime resident of West Unity, Ohio, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, at Evergreen Healthcare Center, Montpelier. Wilma was born June 21, 1931, in Bronson, Missouri, daughter of the late Fred and Daisey (Flippin) Sanders. She was a 1950 graduate …

Odilo Villarreal III, age 59, of Lanett, Alabama, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, July 1st, 2022. Odilo was a 1980 graduate of Edgerton High School in Edgerton, Ohio and a 1985 graduate of Alabama Christian College, now Faulkner University, in Montgomery, Alabama. He spent his life in …