Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
By David Giesige
CELINA - An offhand joke about moving the Tri Star Career Compact to Montezuma has turned into a serious effort to consolidate all the school's programs in a new building at Wright State University's Lake Campus.
Celina Superintendent Jesse Steiner said at a recent county superintendents' meeting he joked about moving Tri Star into Franklin School. The joke returned at a later meeting of the superintendents of the compact's nine districts. [More]
By David Giesige
NEW BREMEN - The name has been announced, a timeline is in place and plans are set for New Bremen's Komminsk Legacy Park to be built next to the Crown Pavilion.
The park is named for lifelong New Bremen area resident Dianne Komminsk, who has pledged to supply an undisclosed portion of the project's funding. [More]
By Colin Foster
MINSTER - Malave Bettinger started the Coldwater rally in the sixth inning and then he finished it in the seventh.
The Cavalier junior broke up the no-hit bid of Minster's Josh Nixon in the sixth with an RBI single and then completed the comeback [More]
Obituaries on May 6th, 2015
Senior Airman Kevin A. Bittinger, 24, Wapakoneta, died on May 4, 2015, in South [More]
Local pictures on May 6th, 2015
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Voter turnout in Mercer and Auglaize counties Tuesday was extremely low, perhaps in part because the special election had no contested candidate races.
By DAVID GIESIGE, WILLIAM KINCAID
and KATHY THOMPSON
newsdept@dailystandard.com
Voters on Tuesday approved levies for three area school districts.
ST. MARYS - The city's 0.5 percent income tax renewal levy passed Tuesday with about 78 percent of the vote.
The unofficial tally was 617 in favor and 167 against.
The Auglaize County Health Department's 10-year, 1-mill levy renewal issue resoundingly passed on Tuesday with 72.3 percent of the vote.
According to unofficial results from the county board of elections, 2,119 votes were cast in favor of the levy and 810 against.
CELINA - Mercer County's Solid Waste Management District was awarded more than $15,000 for tire and litter collection programs.
The Ohio EPA Litter Management Grants will be distributed locally in July.
St. Marys voters clearly appreciate their library, as 74 percent of ballots cast Tuesday were in support of the book depository's 0.75-mill, 5-year renewal operating levy.
By JARED MAUCH and DAVID GIESIGE
newsdept@dailystandard.com
Emergency response levies in two Auglaize County townships passed at the polls Tuesday.
COLDWATER - School board members at Tuesday's meeting accepted the resignation of middle school principal Dave Kennedy and approved a five-year financial forecast.
MINSTER - Village officials are considering two methods to process sludge at the wastewater treatment plant.
Minster Village Council members on Tue
CELINA - Fritz's Hog and Wild BBQ serves "real food," according to owner and chef, Fritz Suhr, 48, of Celina.
"I've been cooking since I was 11 or
Celina wins piece of first WBL title since 1988
CELINA - Clutch hitting and a superlative seventh inning pitching performance by Jimmy Luebke carried Celina to at least a share of its first Western Buckeye League baseball title since 1988.
ST. MARYS - Holding off a seventh-inning rally, St. Marys secured a share of the school's 14th Western Buckeye League Baseball championship with a 7-6 victory over Wapakoneta Tuesday at K.C. Geiger Park.
ST. HENRY - Mitchel Stammen pelted the strike zone with solid pitching and his St. Henry teammates put together some runs to stay unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference baseball action with a 3-0 win over Parkway at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
Tuesday's Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Haley McGillvary's sixth-inning single allowed Steph Walter to score the winning run as Celina edged Shawnee 2-1 in WBL softball action in Shawnee Township.