Officials say overall attendance better than last year's event
The weeklong Mercer County Fair boasted great weather, super attendance and a record-setting junior fair auction.
"My personal opinion is that it was a success," interim fair manager Cara Muhlenkamp said late Thursday night.
ST. MARYS - New school superintendent Shawn Brown on Thursday held an informal public chat and learned the public can be difficult to win over.
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With state assistance, Burkettsville will get $1.2 million renovation
BURKETTSVILLE - This tiny town of fewer than 250 people has snagged a $300,000 state grant for a variety of improvements.
"That's not a bad deal," said Mercer County Economic Development Director Jared Ebbing, whose office sought the funds for the village. [
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Beaver Creek
CELINA - A St. Henry company was chosen Thursday to head up an erosion control project along Beaver Creek.
Mercer County Commissioners awarded an $
The dairy cow milk sold for $14,500 and was bought by the following patrons:
Beyke and Dippold Trucking, Egbert Livestock, Richard Alig family, Har
CELINA - One of Celina's notable structures could not withstand the gale of a storm that blew through the area June 29.
The three-legged bell tower
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Local girls' golf teams headed to Stillwater Valley in Versailles on Thursday for the annual Lady Tiger Tee Invitational.
