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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. HENRY - A head-on crash Saturday night involving a car and a minivan took the lives of three Mercer County residents and a Versailles teen.
Pronounced dead at the scene on U.S. 127, near Clover Four Road, was the driver of the car, Henry Fortkamp Jr., 76, of Fort Recovery. His wife, Arlene, 72, and another passenger, Rosamary Homan, 75, Burkettsville, were seated in the rear of the vehicle. The women were pronounced dead at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Obituaries on April 2nd, 2012
Rosamary Homan, 75, Burkettsville, died March 31, 2012, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, following an auto accident earlier that evening. [More]
Jerry L. Fetters, 63, Celina, died March 30, 2012, at OSU Richard Ross Heart Center, Columbus. [More]
Henry A. Fortkamp Jr., 76, Fort Recovery, died March 31, 2012, at an auto accident scene in Mercer County. [More]
Arlene R. Fortkamp, 72, Fort Recovery, died March 31, 2012, at Community Hospital, Coldwater, following an auto accident. [More]
Zach Deo "Jumbo" Elliott, 16, Versailles, died March 31, 2012, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, following an auto accident. [More]
Alvin Roessner, 90, died March 29, 2012, at Pine Brook Assisted Living, Idaho Falls, Idaho. [More]
Martha R. Speicher, 93, Berne, Ind., died March 31, 2012, at Swiss Village.
She was born Dec. 14, 1918, in Adams County, to Edwin and Leah Nyffler Speicher. [More]
Barbara Leistner, 85, Rockford, died at 6:58 a.m. March 30, 2012, at Woodcrest of Decatur, Ind. [More]
Mary Joyce Heitkamp, 72, Minster, died at 2:05 a.m. March 31, 2012, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. [More]
Edward McGillvary, 74, Celina, died at 7 a.m. March 31, 2012, at his residence. [More]
Jeanne Scott Donovan, 63, Celina, died at 4:35 a.m. March 30, 2012, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Lowell A. Dues, 79, Coldwater, died at 10 p.m. March 30, 2012, at the Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Parker McGlothen, St. Marys, died April 1, 2012, at his residence.
Arrangemen [More]
Local pictures on April 2nd, 2012
Subscriber stories on April 2nd, 2012
VAN WERT - Sandy Amundson's rural property used to resemble most in northwest Ohio.
Surrounded by farm fields, her country home was her family's oasis until giant wind turbines began spinning a quarter mile away.
March was a record month for high temperatures locally, according to weather forecaster Dennis Howick.
The eight days from March 14 to 22 set or tied high temperatures as recorded to 1900 by the National Weather Service.
Weekend Track Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina swept the team titles at its own Celina Invitational on Saturday against five of their Western Buckeye League foes.
Weekend Baseball and Softball Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater extended its winning streak to four and Cavaliers' head coach Brian Harlamert reached a milestone as the Cavs swept Indian Lake in a doubleheader on Saturday.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Wright State University-Lake Campus baseball team made an impressive debut in Ohio Regional College Conference play.
VAN WERT - The large wind farm about 30 miles north of Mercer County soon will be generating more than electricity.
Van Wert County officials in t