CELINA - City council members on Monday night passed second reading of a resolution declaring their intent to ask voters in November to allow them to use funds from a current 0.5 percent additional income tax for much-needed street repairs.

The survival rate of infants is much better in Mercer and Auglaize counties than all of Ohio, which averages 23 percent higher than the national average. [More]

CELINA - School board members will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Celina Education Complex to decide whether to hire a new superintendent.

NEW BREMEN - Over the objections of two residents, village council members at Monday's meeting approved a resolution freezing property taxes for five years on new homes in certain areas. [More]

CELINA - A recent traffic study of the intersection of Myers Road and Meadowview Drive does not warrant the placement of either traffic signals or a four-way stop, safety service director Tom Hitchcock said. [More]

CELINA - City officials plan to partner with the Celina Youth Booster Club to ensure the football program is well equipped with helmets, jerseys, shoulder pads and other items in the future.

COLDWATER - Village officials on Monday approved action to pay $5,000 to a local landowner to reserve first option to purchase 3.825 acres of land on the north edge of town.

ST. MARYS - City Council members Monday night voted to keep 75 percent of the income from the city kilowatt hour tax in the general fund.

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ST. HENRY - Council members heard the first reading of a resolution to join with Mercer County, Burkettsville, Coldwater and Fort Recovery in studying the possibility of cooperative water systems and new well fields.

CELINA - City officials will close on the Larbus property, which housed the former Versa Pak building, at 2 p.m. today in the city administration building when they proffer a check of $445,000 to John Larbus.

COLDWATER - The weather has finally cooperated enough to allow the Coldwater Community Picnic to take place as planned in Coldwater Memorial Park.

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An eventful trip on the way to Galion was amplified by a tough loss and means a long day of scoreboard watching today for the Grand Lake Mariners.

It took a bit of time but the Reds finally pulled the trigger on the first salvo of what could be a busy week of trades before the deadline on Friday

CELINA - The Ohio Cattlemen's Association Summer Roundup will be Aug. 28-29 at Romer's Catering and Entertainment Facility, 1100 S. Main St., Celina, a news release from the OCA says.