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Joe Nester, owner/consultant with Nester Ag Man­age­ment at Bryan, has been named the 2014 Cer­ti­fied Crop Advi­sor of the Year. The award, spon­sored by DuPont Pio­neer, rec­og­nizes indi­vid­u­als who deliver excep­tional cus­tomer ser­vice for farmer clients in the areas of nutri­ent man­age­ment, soil and water man­age­ment, inte­grated pest man­age­ment and …

There will be an Amer­i­can Red Cross blood drive in Henry County at the Lib­erty Cen­ter High School from 1–7 p.m. on Mon­day. The com­mu­nity drive is open to the pub­lic. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-Cross.

The board of direc­tors of Quadco met in a plan­ning ses­sion on Tues­day and dis­cussed the empha­sis being placed on com­mu­nity employ­ment and inte­gra­tion for indi­vid­u­als with dis­abil­i­ties across the coun­try and in the state of Ohio. The board learned that deci­sions by the Depart­ment of Jus­tice and Cen­ters for …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day night and with two mem­bers not mak­ing the meet­ing, coun­cil let lie five ordi­nances, includ­ing one to estab­lish an endowed fund for the Andrew Tut­tle Museum. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, Defiance’s annex­a­tion efforts started to become more aggres­sive last year. Affected prop­erty own­ers out­side …

In Hol­gate, vil­lage lead­ers have approved some changes to the vil­lage tree ordi­nance. The vil­lage will no longer plant trees in the right-of-way of any plot­ted street. Res­i­dents who want to plant a tree in the right-of-way in front of their res­i­dence may do so, but first they need a …

Find­lay res­i­dents employed out­side the city won’t be receiv­ing a munic­i­pal income tax credit. On Tues­day, Find­lay City Coun­cil dis­cussed the tax credit idea with coun­cil mem­bers dis­miss­ing it as fis­cally risky and fun­da­men­tally unfair. Offer­ing a credit for Find­lay res­i­dents who work out­side of the city, and pay another …

In a recent update from Palmer Energy, the Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers were told that the first two floors in the Henry County Cour­t­house have been fit­ted with sen­sors to help con­trol heat­ing and air con­di­tion­ing, as part of an energy upgrade. The con­trols also help the main­te­nance depart­ment more eas­ily …

Edger­ton Coun­cil met Tues­day and adopted an appro­pri­a­tions bud­get for this year, which includes vil­lage expen­di­tures of $5,878,717. The largest appro­pri­a­tions were $892,129 to the gen­eral fund; $226,515 for street main­te­nance; $293,150 for fire expenses; $325,655 to the water fund; and $2,873,246 to the elec­tric fund. The Bryan Times reports …

A new ambu­lance is on the way to the Williams County Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vice. Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day voted to approve spend­ing $155,612 for a 2014 Chevrolet/GMC G4500 diesel ambu­lance. The order for the new ambu­lance is being placed, and the expected deliv­ery date is on or around August …

Flames dam­aged a Bryan home on Sun­day to the tune of about $80,000. The call came in just after 5 Sun­day after­noon when some­one pass­ing by the house on County Road 15 noticed smoke com­ing from the attic. Fire­fight­ers report that strong winds on Sun­day made the fire dif­fi­cult to …