The state of Ohio and the U.S. Census Bureau asks a judge to place on hold…their court fight over when data, used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, will be released. As part of a settlement agreement, the Census Bureau promises to release the redistricting data…no later than Aug., 16th…which …

Annual Memorial Day programs around Williams County will return to a degree of normalcy this year…after 2020’s events were canceled, or altered…coronavirus. In Bryan, the annual observance, hosted by the Bryan and Pulaski Veterans Memorial Association, will get underway… in the parking lot the Goodwill on S. Main St. Special …

Donald Eugene Rigelman, age 88, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 1:38 P.M. on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Evergreen Health Care Facility, Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Rigelman was a veteran of the United States Army and received a Purple Heart from being injured during the Korean War. He was an …

Shirley Eleanor Clark, 85, of Waldron, Michigan passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021 at Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility in Hillsdale, MI. She was born on May 25, 1935 in Montpelier to Harold and Naomi Pearl (Farlee) Andrews. Shirley graduated from Waldron High School. On December 10, 1955 she …

A 31-year-old Henry County man dies after losing control of his all-terrain vehicle in Putnam County. Officials say Zachary Cassidy, of New Bavaria, was on Putnam County Road 19…when he veers off the right side of the roadway, south of County Road L. He over-corrects…going off off the left side …

The Williams County Board of Elections completes the recount of the North Central Local School levy issue on the May 4 special election ballot…confirming the final results…310 votes against…308 for. The proposed five-year, 3.8-mill levy would have raised $420,000 annually to prevent the district from operating at a deficit, school …

A Montpelier councilman is upset with a resident putting signs in his yard that he deems too vulgar. Councilman, Dan Willis asked if there was anything the council could do about the house on Henry Street…and asked his fellow council members and village officials to drive by the house, after …

Gov., DeWine announces an expansion at Matsu Ohio Inc., in Edgerton, is one of nine economic development projects, chosen to receive Job Creation Tax Credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. All together, they are expected to generate 3,200 new jobs and retain 4,520 more…which will create more than $187 …

Jeffrey Lewis Balser, 76, of Hicksville, Ohio passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Brookview Healthcare Center, Defiance Ohio.  Jeffrey was born on January 27, 1945, the son of the late Lynn Willis Balser and Estella Winifred Businger Balser. While attending the Indiana Institute of Technology in Ft. Wayne …

Clara N. Crisp, 79, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Monday, May 24, 2021 at Ashton Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Clara was born on June 23, 1941 in Robertson County, Tennessee, daughter of the late Lonnie and Tennessee (Gregory) Gamble.  She married Kenith Crisp on June 1, …