James A. Gunder, age 92, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:10 P.M. on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in his home, following an extended illness. Prior to moving to Edgerton in 1999, he lived in Taylor, Michigan, where he was employed by Ford Motor Company, retiring with more than thirty years …

A for­mer Mont­pe­lier vil­lage clerk who was con­victed in 2012 of steal­ing for than $90,000 from the vil­lage, is now a free woman. Anna Marie Stark of Mont­pe­lier, was sen­tenced in Sep­tem­ber 2012 to 30 months in prison after an audit revealed that Stark made 71 fraud­u­lent billing adjust­ments, val­ued …

Two peo­ple have been bound over to the Henry County Grand Jury from Napoleon Munic­i­pal Court. 47 year old Con­stance Kelso was bound over on a felony charge of Pos­ses­sion of Drugs. Kelso waived the pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing, and was ordered to report to the court pro­ba­tion depart­ment twice a week. …

A fire heav­ily dam­aged a house in Con­ti­nen­tal Tues­day after­noon. The Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office says fire­fight­ers from Con­ti­nen­tal, Miller City and Kalida were dis­patched to the scene of a house fire at 307 E. Elm St. just past noon on Tues­day. The house report­edly sus­tained heavy dam­age. The fam­ily …

The Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers pro­gram needs your help. On Nov. 11, Glea­son Con­struc­tion reported the theft of two exca­va­tor buck­ets from a work site. Stolen was a 48-inch dig­ging bucket and a 72-inch ditch bucket. Total loss was esti­mated at $7,500. If you have any infor­ma­tion con­cern­ing this crime …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil passed an ordi­nance Tues­day night approv­ing the bud­get fol­low­ing a third read­ing — one of 10 leg­isla­tive items approved dur­ing the final meet­ing of the year. One of those items included an emer­gency ordi­nance estab­lish­ing the budget’s new police and fire fund. Eight other ordi­nances, includ­ing one …

Beverly J. Goucher, 77, of Alvordton passed away Tuesday morning at Community Health and Wellness Centers in Bryan.  She was the wife of the late James P. Goucher, Sr.

Ed Nortin Steinke, 62, of Montpelier passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday December 10th.  He is survived by his wife Nance M. (Stambaugh) Steinke.  Funeral arrangements and full obituary pending.

Each day, count­less peo­ple make a pos­i­tive impact on north­west Ohio, and the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Foun­da­tion is offer­ing an oppor­tu­nity to rec­og­nize and cel­e­brate those who have. The NSCC Foun­da­tion is accept­ing nom­i­na­tions for the 2014 Mak­ing a Dif­fer­ence Award in the cat­e­gories of indi­vid­ual, busi­ness and orga­ni­za­tion. …

With tem­per­a­tures in the sin­gle dig­its, the Bryan Water Depart­ment would like to encour­age res­i­dents to take the fol­low­ing pre­cau­tions to help pro­tect their water lines from freez­ing: Pro­tect exposed pipes from cold air drafts by clos­ing and seal­ing win­dows and any exposed open­ings in base­ments or crawl­spaces. Pro­vide proper …