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Earlier financial problems cause work to fall behind planned schedule
By William Kincaid
Work has abruptly stopped on the construction of a 32-unit senior citizen apartment complex on the old Mersman property in Celina.
And most likely, it will not resume until the beginning of February, Robert Hellmuth, president of RLH Partners, a real estate development and construction company based out of Dublin, said. [More]
A Celina family will be hanging their Christmas stockings elsewhere this year after fire early today destroyed the place they called home.
The blaze at the home of Robert III and Jamie Hampshire, 6954 state Route 118, west of Celina, was called in to 911 at 12:46 a.m. It is one of several reported in the area in recent days. [More]
MINSTER - The Marion Local Flyers dominated the boards and put on a deadly display from the charity stripe to record their first win on the young season with a 51-42 victory over the Minster Wildcats.
The Flyers had lost their first two games with contributors missing due to injury and illness, but everyone was back for the Midwest Athletic Conference opener on Thursday night. [More]
Mercer County-Celina City Health board members this week tabled action on a trust agreement with owners of a proposed Rockford landfill that could leave the county saddled with future clean-up costs.
Officials were all smiles Thursday after discovering bids for the construction of the East Jefferson Township Phase 3 sanitary sewer project were much lower than expected.
WAPAKONETA - Spending his career enforcing sewage system rules and working on other not-so-glamorous issues has kept Marv Selhorst on his toes the last 34 years.
A dominating performance in the third quarter helped the Celina girls basketball team start the Western Buckeye League schedule with an impressive win at the Fieldhouse on Thursday night.
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery Indians' girls basketball team used a huge first half on both ends of the court to defeat the New Bremen Cardinals, 63-49, in the Midwest Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
A late three-pointer allowed St. Henry to remain unbeaten in beating New Knoxville 39-37 at Ranger Gymnasium in the Midwest Athletic Conference opener for the Redskins.
