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, …

Joshua Amos…the Montpelier man…who pled guilty in the drug-related death of another Montpelier man…gets six months at CCNO…with 120 days suspended, pending he meet the conditions of his probation. He is also ordered to pay a total of $3,500 in fines. A grand jury indictment, filed in 2018…concluded he sold …

A motorcyclist is hurt after he runs over some debris…causing him to lose control on County Road 60 in DeKalb County. Jacob Myers, of Auburn was eastbound…when he rolls over the unnamed items. Myers tells police his brakes locked up…his motorcycle fell sideways…sliding across the roadway. Myers was taken to …

County residents and the local Williams County Alliance are worried…over what appears to be a new project by Artesian of Pioneer…that will require an unknown amount of water from local aquifer sources. Reporters have gotten a hold of recent water well logs and drilling reports, from the Ohio Department of …

Virginia June Wyse, was born on June 1, 1938 to Richard J. and Helen M. (Burkholder) Leininger, and went to her heavenly home on May 22, 2021. Upon graduating Archbold High School, she became a bank teller and for nearly 50 years she served the community with her contagious smile …

Cheryl B. Phillips, age 66, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021, at the Emergency Room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers- Montpelier. Cheryl was a homemaker. She was a former member of the Moose Lodge in Fremont, Indiana. She was a people-person, enjoying spending time with …