Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
CELINA - A 62-year-old Celina man died Monday following a two-vehicle accident at about 6:59 a.m. on South Main Street near the Celina Rotary Lighthouse.
Jeffrey Buschor was taken to a local hospital after the accident and later pronounced dead [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Local law enforcement officers and others will participate in active shooter training on Thursday and Friday at Fort Recovery Elementary/Middle School.
Mercer County Sheriff's Office, along with Fort Recovery Police Department, will conduct Active Shooter Response Training and Rescue Task Force Training across the two days, per a news release from county sheriff Jeff Grey. [More]
CELINA - A new $2 million electric distribution facility will be built on city property on North Street to consolidate the electric department's sites and equipment in a centralized location.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local officials are pleased with the preliminary results from the state spring test.
Elementary/junior high principal Nick Wilker and high school principal Tim Goodwin outlined the preliminary state testing results at Monday night's school board meeting.
COLDWATER - Village officials are considering installing electric vehicle charging stations in town.
Village administrator/ engineer Eric Thomas at Monday night's regular council meeting said officials are in talks with Sean Murphy of SWTCH Energy's Cleveland office.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance to award a three-year trash collection contract to Maharg of Celina, which submitted the lowest bid.
Alex Gaerke pitched a no-hitter in leading Fort Recovery to the championship game of the MAC Pony League Baseball Tournament with a 11-1 win over Coldwater Black in the semifinals held at Memorial Park in Coldwater on Monday night.
