High Wind Warning issued March 13 at 1:09AM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM early this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In recognition of Emergency Medical Services Week, the newspaper is publishing a multipart series on local EMS providers. This is the final story of the series.
Mercer County EMS will soon receive a donated ambulance box to train emergency medical technicians before throwing them into the chaos of their first squad run. [More]
ST. HENRY - The foundation has been laid for a new EMS building that should be finished by mid-September, EMS member and project leader Ryan Bollenbacher said.
CELINA - Local officials have corrected Coldwater Creek Treatment Train conditions that violated Ohio Environmental Protection Agency rules, Mercer County Community Development Director Jared Ebbing said.
NEW BREMEN - Sixty-three members of the New Bremen class of 2016 will graduate at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the high school gymnasium. At 1:30 p.m., a baccalaureate will be held at the school's James F. Dicke Auditorium.
The Celina girls track team captured the Division I district championship in a close battle with Lima Senior and Fremont Ross on Friday at Frost-Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin.