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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
State, local officials set goals to avoid 2012 water advisories
By Nancy Allen
GRAND LAKE - All of Grand Lake will be treated with alum in April, as long as the funding is secured.
"We already have allocated $1.5 million and hope in the next couple of weeks to make an announcement on the rest," Ohio EPA Director Scott Nally [More]
By Amy Kronenberger
ST. MARYS - School officials on Wednesday agreed to move forward with transferring the high school into trimesters for next school year.
Principal Dave Lewis said he began looking into the schedule change as a possible cost-saving measure. He found that trimesters are more beneficial academically, streamline the schedule and offer students 152 additional instruction hours each year. [More]
Obituaries on January 19th, 2012
Helen Marie VanTilburg, 86, Celina, died at Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Margaret Shirley Foust, 75, Fayette, died Jan. 17, 2012, at her home.
She was [More]
Joyce Darlene Derossett, 78, Mendon, died Jan. 17, 2012, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Local pictures on January 19th, 2012
Subscriber stories on January 19th, 2012
CELINA - Celina residents may be casting their vote in a different polling location in November.
Mercer County Board of Elections members announced Tuesday they may look for a new place for Celina polls due to an increased rental fee at the current site.
The most frequent binge drinkers aren't found on college campuses.
They're most likely to be 65 or older with annual incomes of $75,000 or more, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Official decision to take place this spring
CELINA - City administrators will revisit a proposal to utilize space in the former Winkeljohn Printing building later this spring once the budget is finalized.
COLDWATER - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $40,000 revolving loan to establish a dog boarding and grooming business.
The loan wa
ST. MARYS - Which comes first for the artist - the design idea or the raw material? It goes both ways, according to an area wood artist whose work is on display at Arts Place in St. Marys through Feb. 29.
The defending Western Buckeye League champions have yet to win a league game and what better way to pick up that first WBL victory than against an archrival.
MAC Game of the Week
If one word can describe the recent history of the Minster-Fort Recovery boys' basketball series, that one word would be competitive.
Fort Recovery holds a 4-3 advantage over the last seven meetings, but Minster's 59-51 win last season snapped the Indians' three-game winning streak in the series.
Last Curtain Call
Reality was staring Fort Recovery's Ken Heiby directly in the face.
As the sting from his team's first loss of the 1968-69 season the night before