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Joyce Anita Stanley-Daneke, 86

Joyce Anita Stanley-Daneke, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:14 P.M. on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Laurels of Defiance where she was a resident after an extended illness. A 1949 graduate of Montpelier High School, Joyce had a long, fulfilling career as a bookkeeper for many area …

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Rosann Friend, 90

Rosann Friend, 90 years, of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at Northern Lakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Angola, Indiana. Rosann was born February 17, 1928 in Pleasant Lake, Indiana the daughter of the late Bert and Pauline (Ling) Swihart. She was a 1947 graduate of Pleasant Lake High …

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Fire Near Ayersville Under Investigation

First responders take on a house fire near Ayersville. When crews arrived at the Dohoney Road address, flames and smoke were coming out of a garage on the property. A car was ablaze inside. Defiance fire teams joined Highland Township crews in the firefighting operation. An attached dwelling was damaged …

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Tempers Heated In Bryan

Bryan Police responded to two fights, one of which may have led to serious injuries. The first was at the East End Pool on E. High Street. It was fisticuffs between several juveniles. They won’t be allowed at the pool for a few days. They were turned over to the …

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Laney Will Appeal

The Montpelier man convicted of burning and stomping on a 1-year-old girl in 2017 files an appeal. Alan Laney was sentenced in June to seven and a half years prison with another 12 on post-release control.

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Worley’s Property Is Now Sierah

The family of Sierah Joughin will receive the real estate of James Worley…this as a result of a settlement of a civil suit in Fulton County. Worley was convicted of the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Joughin and sentenced to death. All real estate owned by Worley will be transferred …

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Officers For Bryan Schools

The Bryan City Council OK’s an agreement to staff Bryan City Schools with full-time school resource officers at each of the district’s school buildings. The three-year agreement calls for the district to fund the salaries of two school resource officers while the city will fund a third.

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Time For The Fly In

It’s time for the Fly In in Bryan. The planes in the annual event will be welcomed by the Bryan Kiwanis for the July 4th pancake breakfast. Famous warbirds and other great planes of the past will be on hand for the event.

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Solar Comes To Edgerton School

Edgerton school officials sign off on a lease-purchase agreement with Energy Optimizers to install solar panels on the building’s southern edge. Officials say the installation will save the district $550 annually, by producing 93,600 kilowatt-hours.

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911 Back On Line

The Williams County 911 operation had a partial outage for landline phones on Friday. Callers were redirected to the office’s phone number during that time. No problems reported. The line was back up and running in a few hours.

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