Testing shows potentially harmful chemicals, known as PFAS, aren’t widely contaminating the more than 1,500 public drinking water systems in Ohio. That’s according to the state’s Environmental Protection Agency. Those manmade chemicals, sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they persist in the environment, are used in products such as carpeting, cookware …

Joel David Manning, age 70, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 5:18P.M. on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Manning was employed Simpson Industries/ Metaldyne which became Diversified Tool for thirty-five years as a truck driver and then …

William L. “Bill” Glore, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:50 P.M. on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Glore was a graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by Ohio Gas Company as a construction superintendent, retiring with forty-five years …

Barbara Jean Gotshall, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at the Inn at Fountain Park in Bryan. Barbara had worked at Bard Manufacturing as a secretary and retired from the Sear’s store in Bryan. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and enjoyed …

Paul D. Oliver, 86 years, of Angola, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Paul was born December 11, 1934, in Steuben County, Indiana, the son of the late Lyman H. and Hazel (Locke) Oliver.  He was a 1952 graduate of Metz High …

Tolby Fleming…the Defiance man, accused of restraining a woman and then raping her…enters a guilty plea in an area courtroom. Gross sexual imposition and kidnapping charges apply in the case. Judge, Joseph Schmenk orders a pre-sentence investigation and continues Fleming’s $150,000 cash bond with a 10% allowance provision. He is …

The City of Bryan passes its annual budget. In comes to about a 9% reduction in total funds compared to the 2020 budget…reduced from $62 million dollars to $57 million, this year. The most notable cutback in the budget?…enterprise funds…at BMU…pared from $37.5 million in 2020 to $32 million, now. …

22 small businesses in Williams County get financial assistance through the Williams County Small Business Grant Program. It provides local firms with some monetary relief…due to business interruptions caused by COVID-19.

CCNO Executive Director, Dennis Sullivan files suit on behalf of the facility…against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. The papers were filed at the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday. The dispute?…who should accept the risks of COVID-19 exposure among inmates who have received prison sentences for felony convictions. The …

Beverly Nelson, age 70, of rural napoleon, passed away Thursday morning, December 31, 2020, at Ebied Hospice in Sylvania. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.