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Martha Marie Juillard, age 90, of Stryker, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center. Prior to her retirement, Martha had worked as a bank teller for 10 years at the Farmers State Bank in Stryker and then 31 years at the National City Bank in …

John Orrin Lundy, age 91, of Port Hueneme, California, and Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on March 24, 2013, following a short illness. John was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, on July 5, 1921, the son of Orrin and Julia (Johnson) Lundy. He was married to Betty McClellan on May 12, …

David A. “Dave” Geren, Sr., age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully and went to be with his Lord and Savior at 4:30 P.M. on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his residence, with his family at his side, following a battle with cancer and heart disease. David A. Geren was …

Rita M. Benedict, 58 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Rita was born February 5, 1955 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Ray and Louise (Culhane) Willefsky. Rita attended St. Margaret Grammar …

Before The Cen­tral Local Board of Edu­ca­tion met Mon­day after­noon, board mem­bers toured the school facil­i­ties. Part of the high school tour included look­ing at build­ing entrancees, safety pro­ce­dures and items that need to be fixed on the build­ing. They also met with the high school stu­dent coun­cil and had …

A new report says that in Ohio, nearly eight in 10 par­ents who pay child sup­port owe a past-due bal­ance, and col­lec­tions have dropped by nearly $127 mil­lion since the 2008 fed­eral fis­cal year. North­west Ohio’s child sup­port enforce­ment agen­cies how­ever, say they can report col­lec­tion rates bet­ter than the …

Henry County is mak­ing a big invest­ment in it’s roads. The County plans to spend over one and a half mil­lion dol­lars in road­way and cul­vert improve­ments this year. Henry County Offi­cials expect approx­i­mately 4.8 miles of road­way to be resur­faced dur­ing four paving projects sched­uled this year. Henry County …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil meets this evening to con­sider three ordi­nances. The reg­u­lar meet­ing begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the city ser­vice build­ing at 631 Perry St. Ordi­nances autho­riz­ing appli­ca­tion for com­mu­nity hous­ing improve­ment pro­gram funds, a con­tract for a John­son street sweeper and appli­ca­tion for alter­na­tive trans­porta­tion pro­gram funds …

The med­ical assist­ing pro­gram at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege in Arch­bold recently earned the max­i­mum five-year, national reac­cred­i­ta­tion from the Com­mis­sion on Accred­i­ta­tion of Allied Health Edu­ca­tion Pro­grams (CAAHEP). Because NSCC’s med­ical assist­ing pro­gram is accred­ited, grad­u­ates are eli­gi­ble to sit for the Cer­ti­fied Med­ical Assistant’s exam. For more infor­ma­tion …

Defi­ance County’s high­way projects this year are expected to cost around $5 mil­lion, with much of that ear­marked for the long-delayed prject to widen Ayersville Road. That $2.9 mil­lion project is expected to start this week The project com­ple­tion dead­line is Sept. 30.