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Flood Watch issued August 15 at 10:48AM 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, Adams, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...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.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

It's Tassle Time

Photo by Jerry Martin/The Daily Standard

A few early-planted cornfields around Mercer County are signaling it's

tassel time - the halfway point of a corn crop's cycle when July paints a crown of gold on June's acres of green. It also happens to be when a corn plant shifts its resources to producing the largest ears it can. A spokesperson for the Depweg Brothers farming operation reports that this field at the corner of State Route 118 and Philothea Road just north of St. Henry, shown on Monday, was planted April 24. A wet spring made planting early tricky this year, but the early fields have "turned out perfect," the spokesperson said.

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