Courtney Montague

Junior A. Schuller, 83

Junior A. Schuller, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice in Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness.  Mr. Schuller was a longtime employee of the Village of Edon Street Department for many years also served as its chief of …

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LuAnn E. (Gordon) Tappen, 69

LuAnn E. Tappen, 69, of Bryan passed away at her home on Friday, September 15, 2023.  She was born on December 3, 1953 in Montpelier to Henry “Hank” M. and Margaret E. (Osborn) Gordon.  LuAnn graduated from Montpelier High School in 1972.  On March 8, 1986 she married Max H. …

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Howard M. Stahl, 91

Howard M. Stahl, 91, formerly of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 15, 2023, at The Laurels of DeKalb, Butler, Indiana.  Howard was born February 22, 1932, in Wauseon, Ohio, son of the late Howard H. and Nina O. (Valentine) Stahl.  He was a 1950 graduate of Archbold High School. …

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Dr. Mark D. Lirot, 66

Dr. Mark D. Lirot, DC, age 66, of Edon, passed away at his home on Thursday, September 14, 2023 following an extended illness. Dr. Lirot was a Chiropractor who had a practice in Coldwater, Michigan for many years and more recently practiced in Edon.  He was a graduate of Edon …

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Lelah Kathryn Jackson, 83

Lelah Kathryn Jackson, 83, of Hicksville, Ohio, peacefully passed into the arms of her Savior, Sunday, September 17, 2023, in the emergency room of Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville.  Lelah was born June 25, 1940, in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of the late John Franklin and Ila Dean (Starkey) Beatty. …

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The Flap Continues with the drawing of political maps in Ohio.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office again rejects petition language for a constitutional amendment…aimed at remaking the state’s troubled system for drawing political maps, frustrating the effort’s backers. In his rejection letter, Dave Yost said Citizens Not Politicians’ second submission had one “critical omission”: How party affiliation would be determined under …

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Google will invest money to support three data center campuses in central Ohio.

Online giant, Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion dollars to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. It now operates a center in New Albany and announced in May that it would build additional centers in Columbus and Lancaster to help power its artificial intelligence technology and other …

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Jonathon P. Rober, 59

Jonathon P. Rober, 59, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center.  Jonathon was born September 20, 1963, in Wauseon, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Patricia (Shoemaker) Rober.  He attended Wauseon and Swanton Schools, before moving to Bryan.  Jonathon married Amy S. …

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Williams County commissioners vote to again deny a permit for water and wastewater lines for the Village of Pioneer.

After a two and a half hour administrative hearing…the Williams County commissioners vote unanimously to again deny a permit for water and wastewater lines for the Village of Pioneer. During the hearing, attorneys for AquaBounty…which has proposed constructing the lines from a private water supplier near Pioneer to supply up …

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Williams County Board of Elections approves two candidates as write-ins for the general election, while rejecting a third.

The Williams County Board of Elections approves two candidates as write-ins for the November General Election, while rejecting a third. The board approved Mary Gniewkowski as a write-in candidate for the position of Northwest Township Trustee and Dawn Layman as a write in for Millcreek-West Unity Board of Education. Gniewkowski …

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