Margaret M. Thiel. Thiel, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 4:05 P.M. on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton after a brief illness. Mrs. Thiel was a 1953 graduate of Defiance (Ohio) High School. Throughout the years she was a secretary for attorneys …

John E. Durre, 87 years, of Hicksville, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. John was born October 18, 1934, in Hicksville, Ohio, the son of the late Edward E. and Edith M. (Yearling) Durre. He was a 1952 graduate of …

The stalemate over redrawing state legislative maps…in the face of a court-set deadline…is depriving voters of the rights to know their voting districts and interact with candidates ahead of elections…that’s what a group of Republican voters say…in a federal lawsuit, seeking to force the implementation of a new set of …

A missing Holgate man is found dead in Napoleon. Officials tell reporters…Cory Karcher, 36, left Holgate around 5:30 p.m. Friday to visit a friend in Toledo. The sheriff’s office was contacted Saturday morning at 11 a.m. by a family member…Karcher had not returned home. A be-on-the-lookout alert was issued for …

A Snow Lake man is rescued after his off-road vehicle went through the ice on the lake. First responders were called to Snow Lake’s north basin. An Indiana State Police trooper arrived and was flagged down by a resident who pointed first responders to the area the vehicle broke through. …

The number of cases filed in Bryan Municipal Court increased in 2021, but not quite to pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019. The court’s annual report shows the total number of cases filed last year totaled 5,470, a 5.6% increase from 2020, but still down, about 13%, from 2019. Bryan Police …

Williams County Elections Director, Evan Raub has submitted his resignation, effective Feb. 28. It was accepted by the elections board at a special meeting. Raub, a Democrat, had served since May 2021, filling the spot vacated by Katrena Ebersole, who had resigned to move to out of state. The board …

Myron “Butch” James, Jr., 73, of Hicksville, Ohio passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Butch was born April 26, 1948, in Hartford City, Indiana, son of the late Myron Ray and Nilah Jean (Hardwick) James, Sr. He graduated from Joliet High School. …

Donna E. Bever, 92, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, in her residence with her family by her side. She was born December 13, 1929, in Bryan, Ohio, daughter of the late Harvey and Helen (Gates) Carlin. Donna was a 1948 graduate of Bryan High School, and …

Rosina L. Lee, age 79, of Wauseon, passed away February 18, 2022, in Swanton. Rosina worked at the Essen Haus for many years, and delivered newspapers with her husband, Earl. Rosina was born on October 28, 1942, to the late Harold and Ethel (Bonar) Hochstetler. She later graduated from Wauseon …