Obituaries: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

Flood Watch issued August 15 at 2:16AM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From noon EDT today through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. Heavy rainfall is possible, especially tonight, which may result in flash flooding.

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Obituaries on September 19th, 2018

Leo Noggler

Leo J. Noggler, 74, Celina, Ohio, died September 17, 2018, at Celina Manor, Celina, Ohio. [More]

Stories on September 19th, 2018

Officials: Switch to paper voting likely

Mercer County elections board discusses new voting machines

CELINA - Mercer County's next voting machines may be paper-based but possibly similar to the current touch-screen voting machines.

Board of elections members seemed to agree during their regular Tuesday morning meeting that a hybrid system may be the best choice.

Minster

Council OKs land buy for substation

MINSTER - Village council members approved buying just more than an acre of land to house a new southwest electrical substation.

Members approved the purchase on Tuesday evening after discussing the issue in executive session at their regular meeting.

Outside firm will help recoup overdue taxes

CELINA - Mercer County Treasurer David Wolters is turning to a nationwide lien purchaser to recoup delinquent real estate taxes.

This is the first [More]

Minster has funds to cover costs

First phase of school upgrade nearly done

MINSTER - Ninety percent of the district's contingency fund for the middle/high school renovation project has been spent, but plenty is left to cover any remaining costs, superintendent Brenda Boeke said.

Rockford council approves new by-laws for radio station

ROCKFORD - Village council members on Tuesday approved new bylaws for the village's nonprofit, low-power radio station that will guide how the station will be run.

Fort officials question state report card measurements

FORT RECOVERY - School administrators discussed the district's state report card on Tuesday, going into detail on grades of which they were proud and measurements they felt were mistaken.

Flyers sweep Wildcats

MARIA STEIN - The sixth-ranked Marion Local volleyball team kicked off a stretch of five games in eight days with a sweep of 15th-ranked Fort Loramie last Saturday. [More]

Redskins avenge early loss to Tigers with sweep in St. Henry

ST. HENRY - The first set of Tuesday's Versailles-St. Henry volleyball battle was played as expected: hard fought and to the wire.

Nobody expected how the second set turned out.

Area Roundup

Wildcats have big day at Minster XC Classic