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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Obituaries on September 25th, 2012
Norbert A. Huber, 84, Celina, died at 5:10 a.m. Sept. 21, 2012, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Paula Burris, 63, St. Marys, died Sept. 22, 2012, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.
Rites are 4 p.m. Saturday at Miller, Long, & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. [More]
Doris L. Piper, 96, Celina, died at 7 a.m. Sept. 22, 2012, at her home.
She w [More]
Eugene B. Pleiman, 80, Russia, died at 5:14 p.m. Sept. 21, 2012, at Wilson Memorial Hospital. [More]
Matilda "Tillie" Meinerding, 97, St. Henry, died Sept. 24, 2012, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Stories on September 25th, 2012
NEW BREMEN - Teachers at New Bremen schools learned Monday that successful careers can be found close to home.
An in-service program took teachers [More]
LIMA - Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and other Ohio-based top GOP politicians reasserted their commitment to the Lima Army Tank Plant during a town hall meeting Monday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center.
Area fall festivals
Crisp autumn days bring thoughts of pumpkins, falling leaves and festive events throughout the Grand Lake area.  
• The fall festival schedule kicks off this weekend with the annual New Bremen Pumpkinfest at Crown Pavilion. [More]
City to use $60,000 from leftover grant to raze former hospital
CELINA - City officials will funnel up to $60,000 from a downtown revitalization grant to Harbor House Ministries to help finance the demolition of the former Gibbons Hospital on East Fayette Street.
COLDWATER - A broken arm is visible. A broken memory is not.
That was one of the messages Alzheimer's educator Lynn Ritter told a crowd gathered Monday night at Mercer County Community Hospital.
Council members unable to change levy language
ST. HENRY - Prompted by a skeptical resident, village council members Monday night unanimously approved an official statement to clarify a proposed income tax increase.
MINSTER - The future of the former elementary building on Hanover Street remains uncertain.
School officials recently sent out letters to area businesses and colleges, asking if there was any interest in renting space in the building. Only two responded.
Mercer County's unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in August is the lowest in Ohio.
It is the 10th consecutive month in which Mercer County had the
ST. MARYS - Council members on Monday heard more about a proposed solar energy field for the city, but again, made no comments.
Safety service dire
COLDWATER - Two sidewalk projects passed with no opposition from community members at the village council meeting Monday.
A proposed sidewalk con
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local High School agriculture program, restarted in 2010 through the efforts of the Marion Community Development Organization's Agricultural Development Committee, has a national proficiency finalist in the area of dairy production.
LONDON - Officials work with farmers before jumping directly to enforcement on animal-care issues, Dan Goeglein, executive director of Ohio Livestock Care Standards at the Ohio Department of Agriculture told those attending a presentation Thursday at Farm Science Review.
FORT SHAWNEE - Celina's girls soccer team took a major step toward winning their first Western Buckeye League title since 2009 on Monday night against Shawnee. [More]
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The St. Marys volleyball team improved to 5-9 after winning a five-game marathon on Monday over Greenville at Murotech Gymnasium.
Local pictures on September 25th, 2012