GRAND LAKE - A portable toilet, propane tanks and tires were some of the items picked up by about 100 volunteers during Saturday's annual cleanup day around Grand Lake.
GRAND LAKE - Seven graduate students from Wright State University assembled 100 barley straw bundles and placed them in channels at Behm's Landing during the weekend. [
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ST. MARYS - Years of student exchanges, adult delegations and business relationships have built a solid friendship with Awaji City, Japan.
St. Mary
WAPAKONETA - A 29-year-old Celina man has pleaded guilty to felony charges relating to the traffic death of a Kenton man in January.
Alejandro Tlah
WAPAKONETA - Sixteen local residents were arrested Friday and Saturday during a round-up of suspected drug offenders.
Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon said 14 of those taken into custody were St. Marys residents.
FORT RECOVERY - U.S. General Anthony Wayne, selected by President George Washington in 1792 to fight the Indians in the Northwest Territory, was heavily influenced by the military tactics of Julius Caesar.
Minster
MINSTER - School board members will meet in special session tonight to take the next step toward an August ballot issue if a 1 percent income tax levy is defeated at the polls Tuesday.
May Primary
Mercer County polls will be open 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the following locations:
Celina
• Precincts A-101, A-102, A-103, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, East Jefferson North, East Jefferson South, West Jefferson and Center Township: Galleria, 909 E. Wayne St.
Coldwater High School star and Ohio State football standout Ross Homan was drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 National Football League Draft on Saturday afternoon by the Minnesota Vikings with the 200th overall pick. [
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11th Annual Cardinal Invitational
NEW BREMEN - Conference track meets are quickly approaching and some local teams had a chance to get one more tuneup as New Bremen hosted the 11th Cardinal Invitational on Saturday.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Bremen rallied late for wins in both games of Saturday's doubleheader against St. Henry. The Cardinals picked
ROSSBURG - Matt Westfall has turned hundreds of laps around Eldora Speedway, most in the preferred groove around the top of the high-banked, one-half mile oval.
