Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.
66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° 65° 65° chance Sat 86° Sat 86° chance
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Obituaries on July 30th, 2013
Marjorie C. Stephenson, 75, Celina, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 9:25 a.m. July 28, 2013. [More]
Kenneth J. Kramer, 69, of rural Wapakoneta, died unexpectedly July 28, 2013, at his family farm. [More]
Owen Daniel Roessner, son of Tom and Janelle Brackman Roessner, Coldwater, was stillborn on July 28, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital. [More]
Baird A. Krueger, 82, Granville, died July 26, 2013, at Kindred Care Center in Newark. [More]
James Geis, Wapakoneta, died July 29, 2013, at his residence.
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Stories on July 30th, 2013
County prosecutor Matt Fox is requesting a change of venue for the trial of a 33-year-old St. Henry man facing multiple sex charges.
The motion, fi
Law enforcement seeks tips from public
Celina firefighters and police officers responded to a rash of suspicious vehicle fires early this morning at residences in the northeast part of the city. [More]
WAPAKONETA - Nearly 1,000 Auglaize County men who answered the call of duty during the Civil War will be honored at the fair this week.
Historical
ST. MARYS - The low bid to remove asbestos from the former city power plant came in $628,000 below estimate.
All seven bids opened last week came i
MINSTER - Board of education members voted Monday night to seek the renewal of a 0.2-mill recreation levy in November.
Treasurer Laura Klosterman said the current levy expires at the end of the year. If approved by voters the district will collect $12,349 annually for five years. [More]
Today
• 5 p.m. - Steven's Puppets
• 6:30 p.m. - Harness racing, Moon City Trot, grandstand
• 7:30 p.m. - Triumphant Quartet, gospel ten
The Grand Lake Mariners may be the sixth-seeded team in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League playoffs but Cody Castle is optimistic about his team's chances in the six-team tournament.
GLSCL Honors
The Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League announced its individual awards for the 2013 season on Monday and five Grand Lake Mariners earned all-GLSCL honors.
Landowners in parts of Mercer and Auglaize counties and all of Van Wert County in the St. Marys River Watershed can apply for more than $1.5 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funds to help combat toxic blue-green algae blooms that continue to plague western Lake Erie.
Nominations are being accepted for one open seat on each of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) committees for Mercer and Auglaize counties.
Each county committee is comprised of three members who each serve a three-year term. The deadline to nominate candidates is Thursday.
Local pictures on July 30th, 2013