Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM 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 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.
New Celina treatment facility begins pouring out water to meet EPA rules
By William Kincaid
Water from the tap should taste and smell better in Celina.
Celina's new $6 million water treatment facility that adds granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to the city's existing treatment process is up and running. Six of the facility's eight GAC tanks are processing water with carbon, Safety Service Director Jeff Hazel said this morning. [More]
Good yields plus high prices could equal highest value wheat crop ever in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
By Nancy Allen
With the wheat harvest almost done in Mercer County, producers are smiling at their yields and high market prices.
A lot of the county's wheat has looked good all along, local ag officials say, but farmers are always reluctant to believe it until it's harvested. [More]
Former Celina resident, Mary Hromish, 91, of 2843 Queen City Ave., Cincinnati, died at 10:18 p.m. July 12, 2008, at Wellspring Health Center in Cincinnati. [More]
Slow-moving vans equipped with global positioning satellite equipment will be traveling down every city street, country road and local alley mapping various locations ranging from homes to businesses as Mercer County prepares for the move to enhanced 911 service.
Center at former plant would showcase area's agriculture, industry
COLDWATER - A portion of the former New Idea plant in Coldwater likely will become the site of an Agriculture and Industrial Heritage Center within the next year.
Despite a disappointing first half of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League season, the Grand Lake Mariners can at least claim bragging rights over the rival Lima Locos.
