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.

Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Area law enforcement nab man in cocaine sting

By Shelley Grieshop

NEW BREMEN - A Dayton man suspected of selling cocaine in New Bremen was arrested Monday night after a four-mile pursuit by officers.

Tyrone Eugene Howard, 31, sped away from numerous law enforcement officers following a traffic stop in a drug sting. He was apprehended minutes later on foot in a nearby creek after crashing his car into a guardrail on state Route 66 about 7 p.m.

Officers seized cash and 10 grams of cocaine with a street value of $1,400.

Howard was charged with two counts of drug trafficking, first- and third-degree felonies. He appeared Tuesday in Auglaize County Municipal Court and was placed on a $150,000 bond with conditions. He remains incarcerated at the county jail.

A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 18.

A male passenger in Howard's Buick Century did not flee from officers and has not been charged in the incident.

Howard came to the small Auglaize County village to deliver cocaine, according to Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon, who did not release details of the investigation.

Participating in the sting were members of the Auglaize-Mercer County Grand Lake Drug Task Force, New Bremen, St. Marys, Wapakoneta and Minster police and Auglaize County Sheriff's deputies.

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On the move at Minster schools

MINSTER - Minster Local Schools officials will open two buildings instead of three for the upcoming year.

Board of education members decided in December to close the three-story elementary building along North Hanover Street to save $320,000. [More]

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