Thursday, February 15th, 2024
By Georgia Rindler
COLDWATER - Village council members at this week's regular meeting accepted police chief Jason Miller's resignation.
Councilors went into an executive session for 23 minutes to discuss land and personnel. Afterwards, they moved to accept Miller's resignation as head of the Coldwater Police Department, a position he's held for 11 years. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. MARYS - Kayla Homan has been key to the success of the St. Marys' girls bowling team.
Now, the Roughrider senior will get the chance to continue her education and bowling career at Muskingum University.
"I fell in love with the colle [More]
By Tom Haines
ST. HENRY - St. Henry senior Evan Bowers signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to pitch for the Defiance College baseball team.
Bowers, who is deciding between middle school education and business management for his major, opted for Defiance over Ohio Christian. [More]
Obituaries on February 15th, 2024
Joseph Rose, age 89 of Coldwater, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. [More]
Anthony Bernard Geise Jr., age 93, of Greenback Road, Fort Loramie, passed away [More]
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When what you want is flavor, not a hangover
CELINA - Although the idea of total sobriety may sound daunting to some, people can set a goal of living alcohol-free for a month or longer to see for themselves the health benefits gained by laying off the bottle.
WAPAKONETA - Several Auglaize County community fire departments will receive a total of $511,000 in state funds to upgrade radio communications systems.
CELINA - A 27-year-old woman and her two juvenile passengers were transported to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater on Wednesday afternoon following a three-vehicle accident outside of Celina.
ST. MARYS - School board members at Wednesday night's regular meeting retroactively approved the emergency replacement of a failing boiler in Cook Gymnasium last month.
WAPAKONETA - Quarantines have a history stretching back thousands of years.
Dr. Juan Torres gave a presentation on quarantines to the Auglaize County Health Department Board at this week's regular meeting.
The MAC at 50
They took different paths to get there, but Coldwater and Fort Recovery each found themselves playing for a boys state basketball championship in 1999 with a unique family connection.
The Hoops
The most anticipated game of the area boys basketball schedule is set for Friday at the Palace at Coldwater.
On the line: sole possession of first place in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys junior Luke Hertenstein will compete next week at the Division II state boys diving competition after qualifying at the district championships on Wednesday at Bowling Green State University.
Horse and Buggy Tales
Because of modern medicine, it is difficult to comprehend the difficulties experienced by pioneer physicians. Laxatives, quinine, calomel, herbs and whiskey were used as cures and provided relief.