Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
COLDWATER - State health officials received a positive result for West Nile virus in a mosquito sampling taken in July from a nature preserve north of the village. [More]
COLDWATER - Concerns about avian flu are leading Mercer Landmark to plan to spend $500,000 to $600,000 to build a truck-washing facility in the village.
City aims to determine if traffic light needed on Havemann Road
CELINA - City officials later this month will conduct a traffic study of the access road between Walmart and Menards and the one near Arby's to see if a traffic signal is warranted on Havemann Road.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools Board of Education members at Monday night's meeting learned about the district's goals for the upcoming school year and met several new teachers.
Residents question possible plan to build apartments
NEW BREMEN - Village council members at Monday's meeting advanced plans for three new public buildings and heard concerns from citizens regarding rezoning for a possible condominium project.
ST. HENRY - Village council members heard second reading of a resolution to join four other communities in a study of potential cooperative water systems and new well fields. [More]
ST. MARYS - City officials are searching for the cause of brief power outages this past weekend.
The outages lasted no more than a minute but affected about 500 residential, 10 commercial and five industrial customers, public service safety director Gregory Foxhoven said.
Celina's Haley McGillvary and Kelly Stahl had stellar days at Hickory Sticks Golf Course as the pair finished first and second individually at the Lady Lancer Invitational hosted by Lincolnview.
COLDWATER - A mix of top Professional Bowler Association regional and national tour bowlers will arrive in Coldwater to compete in the eighth annual Lefeld Implement Classic that begins later this week at Pla-Mor Lanes.
