Winter Storm Watch issued January 22 at 1:34PM EST until January 26 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 7 inches possible. * WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 22 at 12:34PM EST until January 23 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 13 below zero expected. * WHERE...In Indiana, Wayne County. In Ohio, Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM to noon EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...While temperatures are expected to be in the upper single digits (above zero), a northwest wind at 10-15 mph will make temperatures feel as if they are colder than 10 below zero.
After years of planning and 15 months of construction, the new Mercer County Adult Detention Center will be completed Friday.
But, there is still much to do. Furniture is planned to be installed beginning Monday. Then comes the task of moving records and other items. Landscaping and other outdoor work will wait until spring. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Struggling students at Fort Recovery Local Schools are getting extra help with academics.
Both middle school Principal Matt Triplett and high school Principal Jeff Hobbs informed school board members on Tuesday night of new programs intended to prevent students from faltering in various subjects. [More]
County has rehabbed, replaced 64 bridges in the last five years
By Shelley Grieshop
Mercer County engineers have added two more bridge projects to their schedule for 2010 in an effort to upgrade as many as possible as funding becomes available.
The two projects currently on their agenda are located in northern Mercer County and have an estimated combined cost of $1.3 million. Both projects have a completion date of Sept. 30, according to county Engineer Jim Wiechart. [More]
ST. MARYS - Budget cuts so far this year have had a big impact on library staff and services, and the future doesn't appear much rosier, according to the executive director at St. Marys Community Public Library.
LIMA - Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Matt Fox minced no words Tuesday morning in the Third District Court of Appeals in the matter of a second appeal filed on behalf of Nicholas Schwieterman, who is serving 24 years in prison for a quadruple fatality.
COLDWATER - A top state soil and water official commended Mercer County farmers and the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District for their help in putting conservation on the land, especially in the Grand Lake Watershed.
