Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
66° 66° chance likely Sun 79° Sun 79° likely 56° 56° Mon 67° Mon 67° chance
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

This photograph was taken in 1939 in front of the Smith schoolhouse at the corner of state Route 219 and Gause Road. Pictured from left, in front, are Bob Ebbing, Margie Buschur Gast (deceased), Mary Nieberding Ahlers, Bertha Wenning Vickroy (deceased), Jean Ebbing Siefring, Alberta "Bert" Moorman Eckstein, Norma Ebbing Kruger and Dan Buschur (deceased). Pictured in the second row are from left, Francis J. Wenning (deceased), Eugene Buschur, Ivo Wenning (deceased), teacher Frank Huver (deceased), Paul Wenning and Edgar Moorman (deceased).

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