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Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Photo by William Kincaid/The Daily Standard

Celina resident Joe Miller and his daughter, Elizabeth Muether, a Mercer County Public librarian, look at a recently downloaded e-book from the library. E-readers and other devices are becoming popular means of enjoying an array of media.

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Feels different, reads the same

CELINA - Technology is changing the way people consume books and other media.

Downloads of digital books - both e-books and audiobooks - have increased from about 20 a month to as much as 150 a month at the Mercer County Library in the last few years, librarian Elizabeth Muether said. [More]

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