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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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Manure shipments to Indiana not new
By Nancy Allen
The accusation that area farmers are shipping more poultry manure to Indiana just stinks.
Local ag officials say poultry manure from the Grand Lake Watershed and surrounding counties has been shipped to Indiana for a long time, and a recent federally-backed program reimbursing farmers to move it isn't causing an influx. [More]
Obituaries on January 3rd, 2011
Amy Lammers
Amy Louise Lammers, 43, Laguna Hills, Calif., died Dec. 21, 2010, at her home. [More]
Harold Goettemoeller
Harold J. Goettemoeller, 83, Botkins, died Jan. 2, 2011, at Dorothy Love Retirement Center. [More]
Mary Kelch
Mary M. Martin Kelch, 96, St. Marys, died Dec. 30, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Connie Hawk
Connie S. Hawk, 72, Rockford, died Dec. 31, 2010, at The Community Health Professionals In-patient Hospice Facility in Van Wert. [More]
Forest Hileman
Forest M. Hileman, 93, Rockford, died at 12:15 p.m. Dec. 31, 2010, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. [More]
Thomas Dingledine
Thomas W. Dingledine, 84, St. Marys, died at 6:44 p.m. Dec. 31, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Dorothy Lynn
Dorothy L. "Dottie" Lynn, 68, St. Marys died 11:24 a.m. Dec. 31, 2010, at her home. [More]
Linda Kable
Linda C. Kable, 63, Celina, died 8:10 p.m. Jan. 1, 2010, at Mercer County Commu [More]
Local pictures on January 3rd, 2011
Subscriber stories on January 3rd, 2011
Energy, road projects planned
2011 to also bring election campaigns
CELINA - Road projects and the advent of the Celina Renewable Energy Campus are all in store for the city this year.
It also is a major election ye
St. Marys improvements lined up for 2011
ST. MARYS - Street improvements lead the project list for the city of St. Marys in 2011.
The annual street improvement project "is always our first and biggest project every year," Mayor Greg Freewalt said.
Child starts home fire
CELINA - The cause of a Sunday night house fire in Celina has been linked to a young child playing with a lighted candle, according to Celina Fire Department reports.
Local swim teams competed at Lima Invite
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Area swim teams headed to the Lima YMCA last Thursday for the Lima Area Swim Coaches Association's Holiday Invitational.
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