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 21st, 2007
By William Kincaid
Patrons of the Mercer and Auglaize County district libraries continue to take advantage of the inter-library loan system, which provide access to millions of resources across the state.
Mercer County District Library Director Austin Schneider said the total circulation for the library and its branches in 2006 was 318,163 items, which included 58,618 borrowed from other libraries and 36,444 items loaned out to other libraries. [More]
Obituaries on July 21st, 2007
Gerald J. Buening, 73, state Route 219, Coldwater, died July 20, 2007, at Briar [More]
Ruth M. Edwards, 98, of Monroe, Ind., died at 7:17 a.m. July 20, 2007, at Adams Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. [More]
Veronica Ruckman, 66, of Canton died at 7:45 p.m. July 19, 2007, at Aultman Hospital, Canton, from cancer. [More]
Mary Maxine Real McMurray, 91, 337 Defiance Road, St. Marys, died at 12:25 p.m. July 20, 2007, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on July 21st, 2007
Subscriber stories on July 21st, 2007
ST. MARYS - The sale of Goodyear's Engineered Products Division hangs in the balance as United Steelworkers' line up to vote this coming week on the tentative agreement with The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm based in Washington, D.C.
Grand Lake has won nine straight
LIMA - Not even a visit to first-place Lima can slow down the Grand Lake Mariners right now.
Grand Lake pushed its winning streak to nine in a row following a 9-6 triumph over rival Lima on Friday evening at Shawnee Field.