Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Beaver Creek maintenance subject of lawsuit against county
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - After a 27-year exemption, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will begin paying its share for maintenance along Beaver Creek, where water flows from Grand Lake.
ODNR officials - who filed a lawsuit in March 2009 objecting to an order by Mercer County Commissioners to pay annual maintenance fees - last week agreed in court to ante up their share for past and future upkeep. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
A 46-year-old Celina man faces misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing and inducing panic after he allegedly fired shots at golfers at an area course Tuesday afternoon.
Randy J. Sutter, 7449 Staeger Road, was taken into custody shortly after 3 p.m. when Mercer County Sheriff's deputies and Celina Police responded to Fox's Den Golf Course in the 1200 block of Irmscher Boulevard. [More]
By Ryan Hines
CELINA - The Grand Lake Mariners have won three in a row for the first time this summer.
Grand Lake scored three runs in the first inning and a trio of Mariners' relievers shut down Licking County for a 6-2 win in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action on Tuesday night at Jim Hoess Field. [More]
Obituaries on July 6th, 2011
Former Coldwater resident Kermit Kevin Klosterman, 57, Wheeling, W.Va., died July 2, 2011. [More]
Phillip M. Lewis, 55, St. Marys, died June 25, 2011, at his home.
He was born [More]
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Subscriber stories on July 6th, 2011
Village may extend water service to two mobile home parks
MINSTER - Extending village water service to a pair of Lake Loramie-area mobile home parks may lead to the acquisition of land for a new industrial park.
FORT RECOVERY - The sound of a lawn mower shatters the stillness at Green Mound Cemetery, where toppled markers stand in mute testimony to the work of vandals.
Celina Main Street
CELINA - A few downtown intersections will be closed until at least Thursday afternoon due to secondary work involved with the $3.2 million Main Street reconstruction project.
Minster
MINSTER - The return of warm, dry weather means considerable construction activity in the village, according to reports presented to Minster Village Council on Tuesday night.
SHARPSBURG - A St. Henry company has landed a contract to widen a 6-mile stretch of roadway in southern Mercer County this summer.
Mercer County Co
Fort Recovery
FORT RECOVERY - The Ohio Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments on renewing a permit to operate (PTO) for Gerald Post Pullets, a chicken farm at 2751 Fox Road, Fort Recovery.
A 30-year-old Celina man faces felonious assault charges after he jumped another man and inflicted facial injuries.
Brian L. Anderson, 642 E. Livingston St., appeared in Celina Municipal Court on Tuesday afternoon on the second-degree felony charge.
CELINA - Paving will be ongoing this summer on more than 28 miles of rural roads - most in the southern portion of Mercer County.
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Mercer and Auglaize County ACME Sectional Tournaments
COLDWATER - What a difference a week makes.
Last Tuesday, the Celina ACME team ended the regular season on a five-game losing streak and had to settle for being the third-seeded team for the Mercer County sectional tournament.
Mercer and Auglaize County ACME Sectional Tournaments
MINSTER - The Minster ACME baseball team earned a berth in the ACME district tournament as they used some late-inning offense along with a solid pitc