Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.
Large crowds celebrate Fourth in Celina, state park
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - Despite the heat, large crowds were on hand for this year's Freedom Days celebration along Grand Lake.
"We had some nice crowds Friday and Saturday. Sunday it was so hot ... attendance was down a little until later in the evening," said Bob Howell, one of the chairmen of the three-day festival along Lakeshore Drive in Celina. [More]
COLDWATER - The Coldwater Cavaliers secured a spot in the ACME district tournament by holding off a feisty Celina squad 8-5 on Monday at Veterans Field in the winner's bracket of the Mercer County ACME sectional tournament.
GRAND LAKE - The first alum treatment on Grand Lake is finished and local officials are talking about what comes next.
Brian Miller, manager of Grand Lake St. Marys State Park, will soon be meeting with Ohio Department of Natural Resources administrators to discuss plans for 2012 and 2013.
MARIA STEIN - For the second year in a row, the Marion Local boys' basketball program will be under new leadership, but this time the Flyers' pilot will be a familiar face.
Wapakoneta earned the first bid from Auglaize County for the district ACME tournament after posting a 6-4 win over top-seeded St. Marys at the county sectional on Sunday at Hanover Street Park in Minster.
The Grand Lake Mariners completed the long holiday weekend with a 2-3 record. Grand Lake lost the first three games to Stark County before winning the final game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Terriers, and following that up with a win over Lake Erie on Monday.
About 25 producers meet with Kasich, state agriculture director at Shelby County farm
State officials want farmers to know they hear their concerns.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Jim Zehringer, Fort Recovery, visited the Shelby County farm of Chris Gibbs last week to talk to about 25 farmers about agriculture.
