Monday, June 12th, 2017
Driver wins $100,000 race a year after being suspended
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - The passing of the torch in Dirt Late Model racing will have to wait a little longer.
Dirt Late Model hall-of-famer Scott Bloomquist, now 53 years old, passed young guns Brandon Overton and Brandon Sheppard in the middle stages of Saturday's 100-lap Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway and then dominated the remaining laps to pick up his seventh win career win in the $100,000 to-win event. [More]
Obituaries on June 12th, 2017
Mary Alice Bertke, age 96, of Celina, passed away Sunday morning, June 11, 2017 at Celina Manor. [More]
Helen C. Hopf, 85, Huntingburg, Indiana, died at 1:55 p.m. June 6, 2017, at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. [More]
Wilma L. Cromwell Santaguida, age 95 of Celina, Ohio passed away at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday June 10, 2017 at the Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Stephen Cook, 63, Celina, died at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Cent [More]
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Paul Staugler Recreational Trail winds through Community Park
FORT RECOVERY - Locals who knew Paul "Big P" Staugler gathered on Sunday to dedicate the newly completed Community Park recreational trail named in his honor.
Measure could face voters in November general election
CELINA - School board members are considering putting a replacement income tax levy on the November general election ballot to help stave off a financial crisis in the coming years.
COLDWATER - Gina Dues and her father, Chris, love spending time together making wine. On Father's Day on Sunday they will share the fruits of their labor with the whole family.
NEW BREMEN - Community members came together on Sunday afternoon to dedicate an interactive park to a lifelong resident.
Standing before more than 20 people at Kommisk Legacy Park in downtown New Bremen, mayor Jeff Pape said many people may not know the history of the land now housing the park.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Grand Lake Mariners split their first two games of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League regular season in a two-game series at Galion on Saturday and Sunday.