Monday, August 12th, 2013
By Margie Wuebker
CELINA - Where can you see wiener dogs race and chickens fly on a warm Sunday afternoon?
The answer is the Mercer County Fair - the same place you go to see livestock, enjoy amusement rides and savor corn dogs, sugar waffles and lemon shakeups.
Organizers did not know what to expect for the first-time wiener dog derby, but the field of 10 likely ensures the competition will be back in 2014, according to committee members. [More]
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - More than 60 race teams and a large Family Fun Night crowd arrived at Eldora Speedway on Saturday evening, expecting to see close, fender-rubbing action.
Those in attendance didn't leave disappointed after Joey Kremer and Dean Pitts stood in Eldora's victory lane. [More]
Obituaries on August 12th, 2013
A few hours after Antoinette "Nettie" Schlater, 91, died peacefully in her slee [More]
Donald L. Wagner, 83, Celina, died at 3:15 a.m. Aug. 11, 2013, at his residence [More]
Harold "Doc" Knapke, 91, and his wife Ruth Knapke, 89, Russia and formerly of F [More]
Sarah M. Marsee, 84, St. Marys, died at 7:15 a.m. Aug. 10, 2013, at the Valley Nursing Home in St. Marys. [More]
Wilbur J. Feltz, 84, St. Henry, died Aug. 9, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on August 12th, 2013
Subscriber stories on August 12th, 2013
MARIA STEIN - Sister Regina Albers remembers coming to the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics as a child and looking in amazement at rows of reliquaries or display vessels containing relics of saints who lived long ago.
FORT RECOVERY - An area couple described as "inseparable" died within hours of each other at an area nursing home Sunday.
Former Fort Recovery resi
CELINA - A local woman was killed Sunday morning in northern Indiana after her minivan was struck head-on by a car on U.S. 33.
Cynthia L. Gilleo of Celina was pronounced dead at the scene just north of county Road 146 near Millersburg, about 40 miles north of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tonight
• 6 p.m. - harness racing, grandstand
• 6 p.m. - beef show, Adrian DeBrosse arena
• 9 p.m. - Phillip Fox Band, beer garden

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