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.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
Two men die in fiery crash
By Margie Wuebker
Two men were killed early Saturday morning when the car in which they were riding veered out of control, struck two trees and burst into flames along state Route 119 near St. Henry. The accident occurred at 2:58 a.m., 20 minutes after the driver had been issued a warning from a Coldwater police officer. [More]
Swindell crowned King of Eldora for the third time
29th Annual Kings Royal
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - Sammy Swindell withstood a late rally by Kerry Madsen and won his third $50,000 check at the 29th annual Kings Royal on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway.
Swindell took the lead from 2008 Kings Royal winner Daryn Pittman on lap 11 and then held on for the win in the 40-lap event. [More]
Obituaries on July 16th, 2012
Marcella Weitzel
Marcella M. Weitzel, 93, Celina, died at 1:40 a.m. July 13, 2012, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Michael Hittle
Michael Wayne Hittle, 50, of Celina, died July 14, 2012, at his home.
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William Wolf
William N. Wolf, 85, Fort Recovery, died July 15, 2012, at his home.
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Craig Gengler
Craig A. Gengler, 22, Celina, died July 14, 2012, in a traffic accident near St. Henry. [More]
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Rescue boat to get lake house
MONTEZUMA - Montezuma Fire Department's long-time goal of having a boat house to store its rescue unit for lake emergencies is nearly reached.
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Dr. David Nielsen announces retirement
Auglaize health board
WAPAKONETA - A longtime member of the Auglaize County Board of Health is retiring.
Dr. David Nielsen, 91, who has served as board president for most of his 22 years on the board, announced his retirement at Friday's board meeting.
Mariners snap four-game losing skid
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Grand Lake Mariners only managed to play one game out of the scheduled four from this past weekend, but the Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over the Lexington Hustlers on Saturday at Jim Hoess Field.
ACME schedule
The Coldwater and Wapakoneta ACME baseball teams will play tonight at 7 p.m. at Veterans Field in Coldwater in the District 4 ACME tournament champio
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