Donald C. Goebel, age 90, of rural Stryker, passed away Friday, November 6, 2020, at The Laurels in Defiance. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer. Donald was born in Williams County, Ohio on November 14, 1929, the son of Gilbert and Mildred (Sanders) Goebel. On July …

Rebecca Ann Gray, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died November 5, 2020, at CHP  – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to her retirement she had been a United Methodist Pastor for many years. Rebecca was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on March 26, 1954, the daughter of Don B. and Alice …

Lucille (Kuhn) Sheets, 94 years, of Defiance, Ohio passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at her residence with her family by her side. She was born July 10, 1926 in Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio. The daughter of the late Charles J. and Florence M. (Lipp) Kuhn. Lucille was a …

C.A. “Skip” Baumgartner, age 80, of Wauseon, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 21, 1940 to C. Eugene Robinson and Helen L. Dunlap in Wauseon, Ohio. Skip was a graduate of Wauseon High School and was raised on a horse …

Keith Glenn Hollstein, Knoxville – age 83 passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 21, 2020. He was born in Ohio on November 19, 1936. Preceded in death by parents Carl Hollstein and Lois Towne Hollstein, sister Delores King and son Kevin Hollstein. Survived by loving wife of 63 years, Gay Blosser …

James A. McCague, age 77, of Ney, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. James was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He retired from General Motors with 25 years of service and then worked at Sparky’s Lawn Mower Repair. …

The Wauseon City Council approves a language update to the city’s tax code. Council members voted to adopt the city Finance Committee’s recommendation to change the wording, to align with the state’s tax law. It will clarify the city’s definition of its employees’ pension and retirement benefit plan…officially add the …

Archbold officials pass the first reading of a proposed annual 3% water and wastewater rate increase. Also, the panel will begin accepting bids for a new water tower. The rate increases would fund a two-phase wastewater project that would pick up the flow from an expanding Con Agra plant…and tackle …

Gov., DeWine appoints a new Health Department director. Stephanie McCloud, currently the administrator of Ohio’s health insurance fund for injured workers, gets the nod. She replaces Dr. Amy Acton, who led the agency’s initial response to the pandemic but then abruptly stepped down in June, amidst criticism. He also brings …

Susan L. Suffel, age 82, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away late Wednesday evening, November 4, 2020, at StoryPoint Assisted Living in Fort Wayne. Susan was a 1955 graduate of Edgerton High School and Elkhart University. She was a lab technician and nurse at the Boerger Clinic in Edgerton for many …