Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 10:03AM EDT until September 5 at 12:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... North Central Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1245 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1003 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Rockford, New Knoxville, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, Maria Stein, State Route 116 at State Route 197 and Chattanooga.
COLDWATER - Village council members welcomed a new police chief at Monday's regular meeting.
Kevin Wynk was sworn in as chief of police by village solicitor Judy Koesters.
Wynk graduated from Grand Lake Law Enforcement Academy in 2012 and began his career with the village of Coldwater. He worked as a patrol deputy for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office for five years and returned to Coldwater in 2019 as a patrol sergeant. [More]
ST. MARYS - Village councilors on Monday were presented with the 2023 annual report, which shows the city on acceptable financial ground and its affairs in good order, said mayor Joe Hurlburt.
He began by citing city accomplishments from 2023, whi [More]
CELINA - Due to apparent miscommunication, city councilors on Monday night passed legislation authorizing tentative agreements with two police unions which aren't believed to have approved the deals yet.
CELINA - The intellectual mettle of 24 area high schools was put to the test to determine the one true brainiac during the annual Wright State University-Lake Campus Scholastic Bowl on Monday.
NEW BREMEN - Village councilors on Monday night heard first reading of an ordinance to renew the 2-mill five-year emergency medical services tax levy while adding a 1-mill increase.
ST. HENRY - Village councilors on Monday heard from St. Henry school officials about the school district's renewal operating tax levy on the March 19 primary election ballot.
COLDWATER - When the OHSAA adopted bowling in the fall of 2006, Coldwater already had one state championship through the Ohio High School Independent Bowling Conference.
Ottawa-Glandorf's Colin White was named the Western Buckeye League Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the third time as the coaches announced their all-league teams for boys and girls basketball.
