Carolyn B. Switzer, age 84, of Archbold, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a flight scheduler for Easter Airlines in Florida. Carolyn was born in Henry County, Ohio on June 2, 1937, the daughter of Raymond and Margaretha (Howell) Behrmann. She married Robert …

William R. “Bill” Chester, age 58, of Delta, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021.  Bill was born October 2, 1963 in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Joyce and Annon “PeeWee” Maye.  On October 5, 1985 he married Cheryl (Mitchem) Chester.   He attended the Zion United Methodist Church in Delta, Ohio. Bill was known by …

Donald Lee “Butch” Headley, Sr., age 82, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 9:44 P.M. on October 7, 2021, at his residence after a brief illness. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving from 1961-1964. Donald was employed as a maintenance worker for the Montpelier Street Department. He …

A trooper from the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol conducts a traffic stop on Interstate 75…it ends with the trooper shot and injured, and the suspect at large, for a time. Officials say the patrolman pulls over an SUV…with a Michigan registration, after a speed violation on …

The Williams County Fair will be two days shorter in 2022, but that’s actually the way it used to be. Fair Board president Matt Kennedy says the decision was made over the summer. Under the six-day plan, the livestock shows will be complete by Tuesday and the Showmanship Sweepstakes will …

Ruth M. Welker, 90, of Montpelier passed away Thursday morning at Ayden Health Care in Wauseon, Ohio.  She was born on September 29, 1931 in Berrien Springs, Michigan to Gottlich and Lorraine (Krueger) Christ. On July 17, 1981 she married Emery Weldon Walker in Angola, Indiana and he preceded her …

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has received the water withdrawal permit application for the AquaBounty facility, proposed for Pioneer. We reported AquaBounty raises genetically modified salmon…and has proposed a $200 million dollar investment…to build a 479,000 square foot facility…with a capacity to produce 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified …

The right of individuals…to decline the coronavirus vaccine…and the right of businesses…to require it as a condition of employment…are at the center of debate over proposed House Republican legislation in Ohio…limiting employers’ ability to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. Lawmakers began additional hearings on the bill…after a failed effort last week to …

Daniel Homer Smith, 73, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021, in his home with his family by his side.  Daniel was born March 12, 1948, in Cecil, Ohio, son of the late Henry H. and Angeline M. (Juranek) Smith.  He graduated from Hicksville High School, and then …

Several people are in the hospital after a head-on crash at the intersection of S.R. 9 and C.R. 450 S in DeKalb County. Officials tell reporters Gage Naylor, 21, of LaGrange, was turning east onto 450 S…but he fails to yield to a northbound vehicle. Naylor’s SUV hits the car, …