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.
While local findings show that geotextile tubes were successful in treating liquid hog and dairy manure, the tubes are not economically feasible for farmers at this time, said Laura Walker, coordinator of the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance.
That was the finding in two reports done by Theresa Dirksen, a technician with the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District, and Tom Rampe, technical adviser with the Lake Improvement Association. [More]
The Darke County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the suspicious death of a former Fort Recovery man whose decomposed body was discovered Sunday afternoon inside a recreational vehicle near Union City.
Detectives were called to State Line Road around 12:15 p.m. after the unidentified property owner found the body of 58-year-old Vernon Woodyard inside the older model motor home. [More]
COLDWATER - While combat analogies are sometimes used to describe sporting events, Coldwater's breaking out the camouflage jerseys on Tuesday night was not a call to battle, but a tribute to past Cavalier ACME players who played for the summer baseball team and who are now serving in the military. [More]
A new focus on developing visual perception abilities has taken hold in the early elementary grades at Celina City Schools and is boosting students' reading levels.
If more changes are made to an Ohio EPA 319 grant application, there's a good chance the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance could be approved for the money, watershed coordinator Laura Walker said on Tuesday.
A new business selling and repairing new and used bicycles has rolled into Celina.
Owned by Hicksville resident Tim Husted, Timberloft Outdoor Gear, 207 S. Main St., also sells outdoor gear for bicyclists such as tents, backpacks, sleeping bags and eventually trailers to pull behind bicycles.
COLDWATER - On just two days rest, Keith Wenning came out to pitch for Coldwater in an effort to keep his team's ACME season alive in the state tournament.
