Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
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Find Date:
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
State expected to answer money request
By Nancy Allen
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Sam Speck is expected to respond to a request from local lake groups for funds to clean up Grand Lake in the next week or so.
During the Lake Development Corporation's (LDC) annual legislative day on t [More]
Summit to address water quality, lake level
By Nancy Allen
Mercer County Commissioners are planning a public lake summit meeting for sometime in July, Commissioner Bob Nuding said at Saturday's Lake Improvement Association (LIA) meeting.
Nuding said the summit will focus on two issues: water quality and the lake's water level. [More]
Obituaries on July 3rd, 2006
Marjorie Alspaugh
Marjorie Imogene Alspaugh, 92, of St. Marys, died July 2, 2006, at Valley Nursing Home, St. Marys, where she was a patient. [More]
Ivolyn Bergman
Ivolyn M. Bergman, 83, of Russia, died at 12:48 a.m. July 2, 2006, at Piqua Manor Nursing Home. [More]
John Bickel
Former Grand Lake resident John "Jack" Bickel, 81, of Newark, died at 11 a.m. July 6, 2006, at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark. [More]
Donald Glass
St. Marys native Donald W. Glass, 70, of Fort Thomas, Ky., died at 1:10 a.m. July 1, 2006, at the Hospice of Cincinnati East, Cincinnati. [More]
Stella Hess
Stella L. Hess, 85, of Dayton, died June 30, 2006, at Hospice of Cincinnati. [More]
Paul Meyer
Paul William Meyer, 78, 1921 Knapke Court, Celina, died at 3 a.m. July 1, 2006, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Orville Pence
Orville Pence, 94, 8277 Maier-Barber Road, St. Marys, died at 3 a.m. July 1, 2006, at the Saint Marys Living Center. [More]
Gwen Weisenborn
Former Rockford resident Gwen Weisenborn, 83, of Bradenton, Fla., died May 25, 2006. [More]
Ronald Wolf
Ronald A. Wolf, 65, 152 N. Walnut St., St. Henry, died at 7:50 p.m. July 2, 2006, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Local pictures on July 3rd, 2006
Subscriber stories on July 3rd, 2006
Almost time to get bids
Celina's lakefront walkway project is expected to move forward soon following a series of setbacks and delays.
City officials say they are nearing
Council complies to state standards
Celina City Council last week adopted a set of emergency response standards, but some council members said they felt like they were bullied by the federal government into doing so.
Agriterrorism program held
What would happen if a terrorist group introduced a crop disease or contagious animal sickness that attacked Mercer County crops or livestock?
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Minster waiting for an opponent in Auglaize County final
Minster earned itself a place in the district tournament after winning both of its weekend games and taking a spot in the championship game set for Tuesday after action at the Auglaize County ACME sectional held at Hanover Street Park in Minster.
Coldwater and St. Henry march to winner's brack
Slavik throws second no-hitter this summer
COLDWATER - It's tough to beat a team four times in one season.
That was the mission Parkway had on Sunday in the winner's bracket of the Mercer County ACME sectional at Veterans Field in Coldwater.
Mariners get washed out with 1-0 lead
The Grand Lake Mariners led 1-0 on the road against the Lima Locos when lightning and rain forced the postponement in the top of the second inning at Shawnee High School on Sunday night.
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