The Williams County Spelling Bee, scheduled for tonight (1/21/25) at the Bryan Arts and Education Center at 7:00 pm is cancelled. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 23 – same times and location.
Read More »Driver Killed after Single Vehicle Rollover Crash.
On Saturday, January 18, 2025, at approximately 12:40 A.M. troopers with the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a call on Slabtown Rd. just north of Searfoss Rd, Allen County, for a report of a crash where a vehicle rolled over and the driver was ejected. …
Read More »FDA unveiling new proposal aimed at improving access to nutrition information.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unveiling a new proposal aimed at improving consumer access to nutrition information on packaged foods. The initiative calls for a front-of-package (FOP) nutrition label, which would provide consumers with quick, at-a-glance information about three key nutrients: saturated fat, sodium and added sugars. …
Read More »DeWine selects Husted for Ohio Sentate seat.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Husted is set to become the first U.S. senator from northwest Ohio. He grew up in Montpelier in Williams County.
Read More »Mary Louise (Moor) Flynn, 95
Mary L. Flynn, 95, of Bryan and formerly of Montpelier passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at Hillside Country Living in Bryan. She was born on Christmas Day of 1929 to Harold F. and Alta P. (Alwood) Moor in Florance Township in Williams County, Ohio. Mary graduated from Montpelier …
Read More »Plans for new Christian school in Defiance.
Local parents will have an additional choice of where to send their children to school. Plans are in progress for a new parochial school, Defiance Christian Academy (DCA), to open in Defiance this fall – though there is still a lot of work to do to make it so. The …
Read More »First responders remind people to call 911, rather than taking themselves to emergency room.
In 2025, there have been three shooting deaths in Toledo and multiple other non-fatal shootings. First responders are reminding people to call 911 and wait for emergency personnel, rather than trying to take themselves to the emergency room. In a recent shooting in south Toledo, the victim and two other …
Read More »Montpelier village council approves grant agreement with ODNR.
Montpelier Village council recently approved a grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and established a new fund to store it. The grant, totaling $153,500, is for design engineering for work on the Wabash Cannonball Trail. The village received $345,000 in grants from two different agencies- One …
Read More »NSCC to receive funding for security projects.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that 28 colleges and universities in Ohio will receive a total of $7.5 million in funding for security projects that enhance the safety of students and staff. Among them is Northwest State Community College which will receive $459,000.
Read More »Injury accident Monday afternoon in Fulton County.
One person was seriously injured early Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Fulton County. Kyliah Wallace, 27, Toledo, was taken from Fulton County Health Center, Wauseon, to Mercy Health-St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, following the crash around 1:21 p.m. According to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office which handled the …
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