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Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Mercer among top recipients of state funds for lending
By Shelley Grieshop
Government red tape nearly discouraged two Coldwater women from pursuing a county loan for the business of their dreams.
In the end, the financial advantage of the revolving loan with its inviting 3 percent interest rate balanced the negative, said April Braun and Sandy Sutter, co-owners of K-9 Clubhouse. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Former police chief Dave Slusser believes Celina Mayor Jeff Hazel was harboring ill feelings against him for some time.
During the second day of a public hearing to determine whether the ex-chief should get his job back, Slusser, who was fired by safety service director Tom Hitchcock on June 14 for alleged misconduct in office, testified to a computer incident in which city files were accessed. [More]
Division II District Diving
By Gary R. Rasberry
Celina freshman Sawyer Weitzel made a big splash at the Division II district diving competition at Oak Harbor on Wednesday.
Weitzel set a school record for points while capturing the district championship and advancing to next week's state meet in Canton. [More]
Obituaries on February 13th, 2014
Lynn E. Wibbeler, 56, New Bremen, died at 6:27 a.m. Feb. 11, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, following an extended illness. [More]
Sam Dixon, 85, Celina, died Feb. 13, 2014, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockfo [More]
Local pictures on February 13th, 2014
Subscriber stories on February 13th, 2014
Sketchy information about an alleged missing woman and another possible suspect in the Grube murder case were raised during a hearing Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
COLDWATER - The chamber of commerce on Wednesday evening honored citizens and businesses that made the village a better place to live the past year.
Janet and Ralph Gels of The Gels Home, an assisted living facility, were chosen as citizens of the year.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys Memorial High School likely will return to a semester system next school year after a two-year trial with a trimester schedule.
NEW BREMEN - A community meeting is set for 7 p.m. April 23 to discuss the school district's 1 percent continuing income tax levy on the May ballot.
The event - to be held in the New Bremen High School auditorium - was scheduled by board members meeting Wednesday night.
NEW BREMEN - Two people were injured and traffic was snarled for about an hour following an accident at a busy intersection in the village Wednesday morning.
MINSTER  - Although both teams showed signs of fatigue after playing four games within the last 7-8 days, Minster used a great defensive effort with some pin-point shooting from three-point range to knock off Troy, 47-31 on Wednesday night at Wildcat Gymnasium.
The annual matchup between St. Henry and Fort Recovery has a lot of excitement already built in as the teams renew pleasantries at Fort Site Fieldhouse Friday night.
COLDWATER - The wide-open spaces of Big Sky country suits Christina Seas just fine.
The Coldwater distance specialist signed a national letter-of-intent with the University of Montana on Tuesday, joining a solid Division I program for cross country and track and field.
COLDWATER - After helping Coldwater to back-to-back regional tournament appearances, Kelsey Rammel will move on to play volleyball collegiately at national junior college power Columbus State.
It's a good news, bad news situation right now for Celina's boys basketball team.
First the bad news.
After an 11-3 start to the season, Celina has hit a slump recently, losing three of the last four games.