Although it may be several years down the road, planning for significant changes to U.S. 24 in Defiance County is well underway. County engineers shared the latest on plans to build a new overpass on U.S. 24 at Independence Road during this week’s county commissioners’ meeting. Sounds good…but it is …

Gilbert Lester Swalley,  age 59, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Sunday, January 02, 2022 in his home.  Gilbert was born January 11, 1962 in Wauseon , Ohio to the late Gilbert and Ruth (Fackler) Swalley.  On April 20, 2013 he married  Nancy Stamm and she preceded him in death on …

Wanda L. Coil, Age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance Ohio. Her family was at her side. Wanda L. Coil was born on September 14, 1928, in Allen County, Amanda Township, Ohio, the daughter …

Donald Duane “Bud” Enterline, age 93, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 1:05 P.M. on Saturday, January 1, 2022, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after being in failing health for some time. Mr. Enterline was a 1946 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a …

An annual pay raise has kicked-in for Ohio’s minimum-wage workers, who will now earn $9.30 per hour, about $2 more than the federal minimum wage. The raise is the largest since 2006, when a ballot initiative indexed the minimum wage to inflation. Ohio is among nine states where a 2022 …

A mother and her two children are hurt after a semi slams into a car in northern DeKalb County…about two miles south of the Dekalb / Steuben county line. Officials tell reporters…the semi was northbound when the driver failed to see a car parked on the east shoulder. No word …

James E. Lovetinsky, age 56, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at his home following a brief illness. Jim was an assembler at Allied Moulded in Bryan for many years. He was a reader and history buff, especially the Civil War period. James E. Lovetinsky was …

Christina A. Householder-Sowles, 48, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021, at The University of Toledo Medical Center.  She was born March 11, 1973 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of Sherry Neumann, and she survives.  Christina worked as an assembly line worker for Advanced Assembly LLC in …

Karen Kay Bunting, age 56, of Edgerton, Ohio, was born on February 26, 1965, in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, to Harold R. “Bob” and Carole A. ( Gerry) Bunting of Edgerton, Ohio. She passed away from complications of the COVID virus at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, …

Rose Mary “Rose” English, age 99, of Ney, Ohio, passed away at 3:26 P.M. on Friday, December 31, 2021, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan after a brief illness, just three months prior to her 100th birthday. Rose was a 1940 graduate of Tiffin Township High School. She was employed …