Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Obituaries on July 15th, 2006
Richard Day, 80, of Lima, died at 1:29 am. July 13, 2006, at his residence.
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Candes E. Fisher, 51, 13845 Koenig Road, St. Marys, died at 6:54 a.m. July 14, [More]
William "Bill" Poppe, 83, St. Marys, died at 3:25 a.m. July 13, 2006, at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Former Celina resident Glenn O. Roller, 76, died July 13, 2006 at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Former Rockford resident, Ryan John Temple, 31, of Indianapolis, Ind., died at [More]
Elizabeth Joy Weitz, 27, of Cincinnati, died July 12, 2006, while giving birth [More]
Stories on July 15th, 2006
An Indiana group has announced plans to build an ethanol production plant near Harrisville, a tiny rural community in Randolph County, but the project is not expected to affect the fate of a local ethanol proposal. [More]
The Rev. Allan Brown of the Coldwater United Methodist Church said there has been no reaction from church officials about the possible relocation of Coldwater's Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge to the Jute's IGA Foodliner.
NEW BREMEN - Patsy McElroy sits on her husband's knee and plants a loud kiss on his whiskered cheek.
"I love you," she says as they share a hot summer afternoon watching traffic pass their Clover Four Road home.
Sports tournament may conflict with 2007 graduation
ST. MARYS - Parents' concerns about next year's graduation date were presented to St. Marys City Schools board of educatoin members during the board's meeting Wednesday night.
Small number of Mercer County teens use facility
The Lima-based Safe Harbor shelter for runaway and homeless teen-agers has lost the bulk of its federal funding and is counting on churches, community groups and others to help the program survive another year.
MINSTER - Fans attending Friday's ACME district loser's bracket doubleheader got six hours of baseball for a measly three dollars.
Not a bad deal if you don't mind a little weather.
Local pictures on July 15th, 2006