Cold Weather Advisory issued January 19 at 10:55PM EST until January 20 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Farmers living in the Wabash River Watershed can't use $150,000 in state capital money for conservation practices in an ag incentives program after all. But the money likely will be shifted toward some sort of conservation practices locally, members of the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board learned Thursday. [More]
The director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) said the state should continue to pursue ethanol as an alternative energy source despite continued high grain costs crushing many livestock producers.
A "yes" vote by the Mercer County Board of Elections will allow East Jefferson Township residents the chance to vote in November on a proposed height increase for industrial structures.
A Greenville-based company is seeking the second-largest revolving loan ever issued by the Mercer County Community Development office to start a new manufacturing business in St. Henry.
Mercer County Soil and Water officials are baffled by the cause and source of dark-colored liquid reported last week in an open ditch in the St. Marys River Watershed.