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.
CELINA - Jena Sweigart of Celina was crowned Miss Lake Festival 2011 at the annual festival pageant held Monday evening at the Celina Fieldhouse.
The queen and her newly named court will reign over the 50th consecutive Lake Festival this weekend. Sweigart also will have the opportunity to compete in the Miss Ohio Pageant 2012. [More]
GRAND LAKE - State officials will be keeping an eye on Grand Lake without leaving their offices.
However officials were in the area Monday to view five water quality monitoring stations put in the lake in May and to announce a website providing the data. [More]
Wisconsin company demonstrates turning hog manure into organic fertilizer
Local ag officials are cautiously optimistic following a Wisconsin company's demonstration last week that turned liquid hog manure into a solid, organic fertilizer.
