Suzanne Martha (Smith) Winberg, age 84, of Edgerton, Ohio, and formerly a lifelong resident of Jamestown, New York, died at 5:15 A.M. on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at Dream Haven Assisted Living in Edgerton, where she was a resident. She was the widow of Otto A. Winberg, who preceded her …

Michael P. Volkert, 72 years, of Mark Center, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Laurels of Defiance, where he has been a resident the past four weeks.  Michael was born November 23, 1940 in Defiance, Ohio the son of Charles and Muriel (Fillman) Volkert.  He was a 1958 graduate of Central …

A rally was held Mon­day at the Arts and Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter audi­to­rium in Bryan to remind sup­port­ers there’s plenty of work to be done if the 7.45-mill bond issue for the pro­posed new school project is to pass on Nov. 5th and also to remind vot­ers that early vot­ing begins …

The Ohio High­way Patrol’s Defi­ance post is inves­ti­gat­ing a crash involv­ing two pedes­tri­ans that occurred Mon­day morn­ing on Open­lan­der Road. Accord­ing to the patrol, a vehi­cle described as “pos­si­bly being a white pick-up truck” went off of the right side of the road­way and hit the two pedes­tri­ans and a …

The Defi­ance County Health Depart­ment is plan­ning to con­duct its mass flu vac­ci­na­tion. The goal is to immu­nize all of Defi­ance County within 24 hours. The flu vac­ci­na­tion will be held Thurs­day at the Defi­ance High School from 4:30–6:30 p.m. The health depart­ment encour­ages the com­mu­nity to view its web­site …

The annual fall curb­side pickup in the city of Napoleon is now being held. Napoleon res­i­dents should have mate­ri­als at the curb by 7am, on their day of pickup if they want them to dis­ap­pear. Mate­ri­als should be kept dry, and no con­tain­ers larger than 30 gal­lons or 50 pounds …

Donna Mae Leininger, age 82, of Wauseon passed away unexpectedly Saturday September 28, 2013 in her home. Prior to her retirement she had been a lifelong Homemaker. Mrs. Leininger was born on October 7, 1930 in Napoleon, Ohio the daughter of the late William and the late Frances (Dietrich) Betson. …

Deloris A. Baker, 87, of Montpelier, passed away Saturday at her son’s home in Alvordton.  She was born on January 21, 1926 in Pioneer, Ohio to Clarence E. and Lelia (Richardson) Lanius.  Deloris attended the Hay Jay School and graduated from Pioneer High School in 1944.  She was a William’s County resident her …

Hattie Hulbert, age 89, of rural Hamilton, Indiana, died at 4:20 P.M. on Thursday, September 26, 2013, from injuries suffered in an auto accident in Hamilton. Mrs. Hulbert was formerly employed by Plas-Tec in Edon, Ohio, and retired from Textron in Angola, Indiana. During World War II, she was like …

Bryan Police say 40 year old Joellen Pesse­fall of Bryan was arrested on Fri­day on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. She was taken to court, processed, and then released. Also on Fri­day, 38 year old Shan­non Hugg of Bryan was picked up on four out­stand­ing bench war­rants …