Winter Storm Warning issued January 26 at 1:35AM EST until January 26 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Areas of blowing snow and continued hazardous travel due to accumulated snowfall. * WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...Until noon EST today. * IMPACTS...Travel conditions remain very difficult. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions will impact the Monday morning commute.
Extreme Cold Warning issued January 26 at 1:33AM EST until January 27 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, until 6 PM EST this evening. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM this evening to noon EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 26 at 1:33AM EST until January 26 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, until 6 PM EST this evening. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM this evening to noon EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
CELINA - Community members showed their true strength by banding together to assist businesses and residents affected by Nov. 5's EF2 tornado that ripped though the city, knocking out power and inflicting severe damage to numerous buildings, mayor Jeff Hazel said.
ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday authorized a $280,000 contract to drill a well, with superintendent of water and sewer departments Jeff Thompson saying it was necessary to move ahead with the planned water-treatment plant proposal.
CELINA - Walmart officials have been forced to respond after a video showing carts of food being thrown away after the Nov. 5 tornado went viral on Facebook. [More]
Council weighing end to practice of rehiring retired village employees
NEW BREMEN - The practice of rehiring retired village employees may be abolished in the coming months
Council members on Monday gave first reading of an ordinance to eliminate the practice with councilman Dennis Burnell casting the lone opposition vote. [More]
Village plans to connect commercial wells to water plant
ST. HENRY - Two of the five water wells tested at the Reier property west of town for the village's new wellfield project were deemed viable for village use, according to groundwater scientist Chris Cobel.
DUBLIN TOWNSHIP - A rural Celina man was arrested on Monday morning after having been involved in an car accident in a vehicle that was later determined to have been stolen.
BLACKCREEK TOWNSHIP - Winkler Road will be closed between U.S. 33 and Erastus-Durbin Road for a culvert replacement, according to Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart.
Several federal programs are available to help Mercer County farmers affected by the Nov. 5 tornado that struck the western part of the county and destroyed numerous livestock and other farm buildings and killed livestock.
One candidate is running unopposed for a spot on the Mercer County Farm Service Agency committee, while three candidates are running in a contested race for one spot on the Auglaize County FSA committee.
