Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Parkway Elementary School
By Janie Southard
ROCKFORD - About 40 community members and teachers attended the Parkway school board meeting Tuesday night, where the contract for a district principal was under consideration.
Board members held a two-hour executive session at the beginning of the meeting called to discuss personnel issues and the dismissal of an employee. After the session, board members approved a one-year contract for elementary Principal Mark Esselstein. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
A Coldwater-area dairy farmer died Monday after he apparently slipped and struck his head in a holding pen near the milking parlor.
Gary E. Uhlenhake, 50, 3898 Burkettsville-St. Henry Road, was found dead shortly after 5 p.m., the victim of an apparent farm accident. [More]
Grand Lake
By Nancy Allen
Two resident pairs of bald eagles have begun incubating an unknown number of eggs in separate nests on Grand Lake, said Sean Finke, coordinator of the Mercer Wildlife Area.
The pair with a nest along the lake's southwest side in the state-protected Mercer Waterfowl Area began incubating Feb. 22 and the pair with a nest behind Aquaview housing subdivision on the lake's south side began incubating Sunday, he said. [More]
Obituaries on March 10th, 2010
John E. Fickert, 53, Rockford, died at 12:52 p.m. March 8, 2010, at Van Wert County Hospital. [More]
Kathryn M. Gibson, 102, 110 Williams St., St. Marys, died at 12:05 a.m. March 9, 2010, at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Helen A. Mescher, 96, Coldwater, died March 9 at Briarwood Village in Coldwater [More]
Virgil H. Puthoff, 62, 121 W. Franklin St., Chickasaw, died at 5:47 a.m. March 7, 2010, at the Ohio State Medical Center. [More]
Donald A. Sealschott, 75, 7957 Celina-Mendon Road, Celina, died March 8, 2010, at his residence. [More]
Ruth O. Theurer, 94, Portland, Ind., died March 7, 2010, at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
L. Ross Thomas, 90, 16306 Glynwood-New Knoxville Road, Wapakoneta, died at 7:06 a.m. March 9, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Gary E. "Gak" Uhlenhake, 50, Coldwater, died March 8, 2010, at his farm.
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Local pictures on March 10th, 2010
Subscriber stories on March 10th, 2010
Collected income tax in February for the city of Celina was $234,014 - $8,000 less than February 2009, city council members learned Monday night.
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County would lose access to dollars if fund created
Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a request from the board of elections to set aside a portion of its revenue for future equipment purchases.
Officials at Lakefield Airport are embarking on a plan to increase traffic and expand services at the facility in Montezuma.
At a meeting Monday ni
NEW BREMEN - Village council members Tuesday night accepted the resignation of parks department superintendent Kim Prueter effective April 2.
Prueter, who served in the position for more than eight years, will handle customer service and sales at Elmwood Assisted Living of New Bremen.
Coldwater
A vacant home at 412 W. Main St. in Coldwater was discussed at Monday's village council meeting.
Owner Marlene Easterlin did not meet a deadline sh
Celina
Celina City Council meetings will be moved from the conference room of the city's new water treatment plant back to the courtroom of Celina City Hall starting March 29.
Mercer County
Mercer County's unemployment rate for January continues to be less than the state average, even though the local number went up.
Unemployment numbe
WAPAKONETA - In spite of a determined effort by a pair of Putnam County teams, fans of New Bremen and Fort Recovery will get a rematch of their epic battle from just over two weeks ago on Friday as both teams won their Division IV district semifinal games on Tuesday night at Wapakoneta High School.
NEW BREMEN - For Caleb Williams, it was the perfect choice.
The New Bremen senior basketball standout signed to play hoops next school year at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Tuesday, joining a program that has had a lot of success in both the NAIA and NCCAA.
Keep it local - that's the message to business operators and individuals as they go shopping.
The Southwestern Auglaize Chamber of Commerce is distributing brochures and asking individuals to spend 50 of their shopping dollars each month at three independently-owned businesses.