Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.
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.
