Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM 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 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.
Local sightings of non-native Ohio birds and efforts to stock a new species of fish in Grand Lake appear to counter recent warnings describing the state's largest inland lake as an environmental health hazard.
Mendon's Jason Kinney will always remember the weekend he graduated from Ohio Northern University. Not only did he officially accept his degree in Construction Management from the Ada campus, but he hurried back to Eldora Speedway and picked up his first top-five finish of the season in his stock car. [More]
A new type of saugeye not found anywhere else in Ohio was set to be stocked in Grand Lake at 1 p.m. today.
The fish - offspring of female walleye and male saugers - were raised at the state fish hatchery in St. Marys and were specially treated to make them sterile.
St. MARYS - More than 30 people attended an Ohio EPA hearing on Thursday night to discuss the impact a proposed housing development would have on water quality in Grand Lake.
Marion Local High School graduate Cory Luebke earned the California League's Pitcher of the Week honor for the week of May 18-24 after picking up two wins for the San Diego Padres' Class A affiliate, the Lake Elsinore Storm.
The Coldwater girls 3,200-meter relay team and St. Marys sophomore thrower Mekayla Breland will head to state next week after qualifying in the top four in their respective events on the first day of the Division II regional track meet in Lexington on Thursday.
