Friday, August 15th, 2008
By Nancy Allen
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]
By Nancy Allen
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.
The demand for corn for ethanol produc [More]
Obituaries on August 15th, 2008
Loretta Mildred Fast, 95, of Celina, died at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008, at the L [More]
Jean I. Rammel, 85, 117, E. Broadway St., Fort Recovery, died at 7:27 p.m. Aug. 13, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Gordon Rohde, 69, 100 Causeway Drive, St. Marys, died at 1:20 a.m. Aug. 15, 200 [More]
Beulah C. Wine, 83, 812 Pro Drive, Celina, died at 3:20 a.m. Aug. 14, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Local pictures on August 15th, 2008
Subscriber stories on August 15th, 2008
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.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members dug into the district's pockets this week to purchase two new school buses, which will improve the aging fleet.
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.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Several local girls golf teams made the trek to Stillwater Country Club as Versailles hosted the Lady Tiger Tee Invitational on Thursday.