CELINA - July is almost here, bringing the official 250th birthday of the United States, its semiquincentennial, and marking the peak of America 250 events in Washington, D.C., and around the nation - including here in the Grand Lake region.
From fireworks and festivals to art shows and community readings of the Declaration of Independence, Mercer, Auglaize and surrounding counties offer plenty of ways to join the America 250 party. Related events and activities continue into the fall. [More]
CELINA - A 22-year-old man granted asylum in the United States in 2024 and accused of stealing around $90,000 from an elderly Celina woman this month appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on theft and fraud charges.
CELINA - The sun is not as hot as the Grand Lake offense, and the bats were on full display Friday night as the Mariners beat the Southern Ohio Copperheads 15-8 for their fourth win in a row in Great Lakes Summer College League action.
Coldwater Black used a big third inning and then plated five in the top of the seventh to defeat New Bremen Gold 9-2 to win the MADS (Mercer, Auglaize, Darke, Shelby) Pony League tournament championship on Friday at Diamond 8 at Coldwater Memorial Park.
Citizen survey counts 20 eagles in Grand Lake Region
CELINA - A midwinter citizen survey of Ohio's bald eagles counted more than 700 eagles statewide, with 15 of them logged in Mercer County, and another five seen in Auglaize County.
A multi-agency law enforcement sting operation this week in Celina resulted in the arrest of a 22-year-old man granted asylum in 2024.
The Celina Police Department, with assistance from the FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, Auglaize County Sheriff's Office detectives, and the Grand Lake Task Force, conducted a successful sting operation Wednesday targeting an individual involved in a purported scam, a news release from Celina Police Chief Tom Wale states. [More]
A 23-year-old Celina man died Wednesday afternoon after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Indiana Avenue in St. Marys.
The St. Marys police and fire departments responded to the incident at the intersection of Kishler Street and Indiana Avenue at around 1:24 p.m. Wednesday, a news release from police chief Lucas Turpin states. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Locals looking for something to do this weekend won't have to go far, as the Maria Stein Country Fest is back with new patriotic events and old favorites like tractor square dancing.
ST. MARYS - In honor of the nation's upcoming 250th birthday, a group of visitors at the St. Marys Community Public Library Thursday learned about the 56 flags representing the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and the five U.S. territories.
A five-run second inning helped Grand Lake complete the three-game sweep of Michigan in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball action with a 15-4 win at Grosse Ile High School.
ST. HENRY - It was a tale of two "halves" in Coldwater's 12-7 ACME win over St. Henry at The Wally Post Athletic Complex Wednesday night. After the teams went back-and-forth to the tune of a 4-4 tie after four innings, the Cavaliers scored runs in the fifth and sixth and added six in the seventh to pull away for good. [More]
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Power Siting Board Wednesday approved Madison Fields Solar Project LLC's plan to update its vegetation management plan to incorporate sheep grazing in combination with mowing.
Forty years ago the people of Mercer County along with the entire nation, experienced what will be recorded as one of the most disastrous years in history. It was the war year of 1918 that brought heartaches, suffering or privation to almost all families.
A run in the top of the seventh proved needed as Minster held off a New Bremen rally in the bottom of the inning to get a 5-4 win in ACME baseball action between the Auglaize County neighbors on Wednesday night at New Bremen.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen school board members got an update Tuesday night on the project timeline for upgrades to the stadium and track, with work underway and demolition complete.
"In our facility updates, we have lots of those going on right now as you look around campus. The track and stadium demolition is complete. It kind of looks like a dirt track out there," Superintendent Jason Schrader said at the board's regular meeting on Tuesday. [More]
CELINA - Members of the Grand Lake St. Marys Lake Facilities Authority on Tuesday morning entered into an over $1 million grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for a wetlands project in Auglaize County.
CELINA - A Bicentennial quarter minted in 1976 is still worth 25 cents. But to a historian, a TV Guide magazine from the week of July 3-9, 1976, is absolutely priceless.
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery Board of Education members this week established a districtwide cybersecurity program and continued an ongoing discussion over possible renovations to the Barrenbrugge Athletic Park.
COLUMBUS - Ohio's unemployment rate continued its steady descent in May, dropping from 3.9% in April to 3.7%, while the rate in Auglaize County also experienced a small drop. Unemployment in Mercer County was unchanged from April to May.
Ross Riethman pitched a two-hit shutout and Coldwater scored in every inning to pick up the 11-0 win over Fort Recovery in Mercer County ACME baseball action on Tuesday night at Veterans Field in Coldwater.
