Journey McClary, infant daughter of Donovan and Katherine (Church) McClary, was stillborn on Sunday, July 3, 2022. Surviving are her parents, of Edgerton; a brother, Noah Lee McClary; her grandmother, Angel Perez, of West Unity, Ohio; great-grandparents, Clayton and Theresa Griffin, of Bryan, Ohio; and several aunts and uncles. Services …

William P. Fitzpatrick, age 85, of Hamilton, Indiana, passed away early on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Fitzpatrick was employed by Edon Machine, where he was a maintenance man, retiring with thirty-nine years of service. William P. Fitzpatrick was born on March 15, …

Laverne M. Wirth, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 1:10 A.M. on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, surrounded by her family after an extended illness. Mrs. Wirth was a 1949 graduate of Sherwood-Delaware High School and was a devoted farm …

Edgerton’s Oak Street sidewalk project gets the OK from the Williams County Commissioners. They approved $52,000 from the county’s Community Development Block Grant funding to go toward paying for the project. The pre-bid estimate was $115,000 and two bids were delivered. The winning bid of $91,862.10 comes from Ward Construction, …

Over in Kendallville…transportation officials say a sinkhole opened up on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of Route 3, between Gump Road and Old Lima Road in Huntertown. It is nine feet deep, 11 feet long, and 24 feet in width. INDOT has closed both northbound lanes so crews can …

A number of developments are occurring in downtown Defiance these days. Among them is a possible grant program for downtown building owners which has received Defiance City Council’s verbal support. If approved by council in the 2023 budget, such grants would provide $50,000 total for the improvement of downtown building …

Earl J. Toms, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 4:12 A.M. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Earl retired from Titan Tire as a bead builder with over 42 years of service. Mr. Toms was a Vietnam veteran who …

Joyce Britenriker, age 83, of Archbold, passed away July 5, 2022, in Defiance, Ohio. Joyce was born November 21, 1938 in Marion, Ohio to the late Ellsworth and Bertha (Hill) Karnes. She entered into holy matrimony with the love of her life and high school sweetheart, Michael Britenriker, in 1958. …

Officers execute a search warrant at a Delaware Avenue address in Montpelier. In the end 48-year-old Ronald Brown faces a list of drug charges and more. Officers add…four children…all under the age of four…were living in the home. They seize a cache of Marijuana…Methamphetamine, mushrooms, Fentanyl, Suboxone and Oxycodone. $3 …

The Defiance six-county area’s already low unemployment figures dropped even a little more in May, according to state statistics. Overall?…it’s at 3.5%. The lowest was Putnam County at 2.1% followed by Paulding, at 2.7%. Defiance?…3.1…over in Henry County, it’s 3.3%…Fulton?…3.3… Putnam County checks in at 2.2%…Williams County?… 2.8%. Finance officials …