Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Fort Recovery BOE asking voters for a 2.7-mill levy to fund a $3.4 million renovation project
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - School board members explained the upcoming school levy to village council members Monday.
Jack Staugler and Dan Kahlig detailed the November levy during council's regular meeting. They then went to the Veterans of Foreign Wars to talk to its members. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - The parents of St. Marys' boys soccer players aren't too unhappy to be washing the mud from their sons' uniforms following Monday's matchup against rival Celina.
The Roughriders fought through the wet weather for a pair of first-half goals and then added an insurance goal early in the second half as St. Marys knocked off Celina 3-0 in Western Buckeye League action at Celina Soccer Stadium. [More]
Obituaries on September 20th, 2011
Jerry Heistan, 57, Celina, died Sept. 19, 2011.
Arrangements are pending at C [More]
Tamae Sprunger, 69, Celina, died Sept. 14, 2011, in Van Wert.
She was born Se [More]
Garrett Rhodes, 21, Wapakoneta, died Sept. 17, 2011, died at the scene of a single-vehicle accident in rural Auglaize County. [More]
Harold L. Suchland, 90, New Bremen, died at 1:35 p.m. Sept. 18, 2011, at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Local pictures on September 20th, 2011
Subscriber stories on September 20th, 2011
State would fund 45 percent of project; plan needed by May
CELINA - School board members agreed to begin the process of a possible school construction project.
Superintendent Matt Miller told board members
ST. HENRY - The mother of two high school football players spoke out Monday night against the team's head coach who allegedly punished injured athlet
Mercer County unemployment rate in August dropped 0.7 percent to 5.8 percent and is the lowest in the state, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Four Celina residents were arrested Monday morning for drug trafficking.
Those taken into custody ranged in age from 21 to 39. The arrests were the result of an investigation by the Grand Lake Drug Task Force, an organization consisting of officers from Mercer and Auglaize counties.
Residents may trap rodents all year
ST. MARYS - In an effort to reduce the squirrel population, St. Marys officials will allow residents to live-trap the animal.
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Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway got a busy week underway on Monday by beating Lincolnview in three games - 25-17, 25-12 and 25-12 - during
DENVER (AP) - Cory Luebke wasn't worried about throwing a no-hitter when he went to a 3-1 count on Mark Ellis in the sixth inning. One pitch later, no one else was worried about it, either.
CELINA - When VanTilburg Farms (VFT) builds something, they do it big.
The Celina-based agriculture services provider has made a cover crop seeder with 90-foot wide booms and a 6-foot high crop clearance to plant cover crops into standing corn and soybeans.
Montezuma
MONTEZUMA - A free cover crop walk is planned at the Mercer County Wildlife area on Sept. 26, 6-8 p.m.
At the site a mile west of Montezuma, participants will be able to view 1 1/2 acres of trial plots of oilseed radish, crimson clover, cereal rye grass and sunn hemp.