CELNA - Family-owned farm and food company Cooper Farms is expanding to Celina after having acquired the former JES plant, located at 1800 Industrial Drive.
The company said in a news release the 28,000-square-foot facility will serve as a value-added further processing plant, with future capabilities extending beyond meat processing. [More]
Third-inning run holds up as Minster defeats Parkway
By Joe Schatz
WAPAKONETA - A delay in the action did not stop Wednesday's softball district semifinal between Minster and Parkway from living up to the hype. After play was stopped Tuesday due to rain, the Wildcats scratched across the only run of the game and took down the Panthers 1-0 in a duel in the circle. [More]
ST. HENRY - St. Henry officials are set to celebrate the opening of the town's first-ever permanent pickleball courts this week with a ribbon cutting and dedication on Friday morning.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen school board members Wednesday approved a new three-year contract with the teachers' union and heard an update on the stadium and track project, which is slated to finish in the fall.
Soon after the Treaty of Peace had ended the Spanish-American War of 1898, which judged by present day standards is looked upon as a minor armed conflict, homelife in Mercer County assummed its usual, placid, happy and close-knit unity.
Good day everyone. I hope all of you are doing well.
We are all underway on another beautiful spring here on our great Grand Lake. If you have not been able to get out to the lake yet this year, make it a priority.
The postseason for track and field got underway as district meets took place with the top four finishers in each event earning berths to regionals next week.
CELINA - The Mercer County Commissioners plan to purchase just shy of 16 acres of wooded land in Celina Westview Park to incorporate into the Mercer County Fairgrounds.
Commissioners signed off Tuesday morning on a purchase agreement with the City of Celina for the 15.69-acre wooded lot at 0 Hierholzer St. Under the terms of the agreement, the county will buy the land for $157,000 and take possession of it on Aug. 1. [More]
CELINA - The tallies may have changed ever so slightly, but the outcomes of the May 5 primary election remain unchanged following the official canvass conducted by the Mercer County Board of Elections on Tuesday.
Lincolnview's Hughes no-hits Coldwater in district semifinal
WAPAKONETA - It was a tough end to a promising season for Coldwater's softball team Tuesday night in Wapakoneta, as the Cavs could not get a hit against Lincolnview's Ila Hughes and the Lancers advanced to the Division VI district final with a 5-1 win.
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery officials plan to seek a second opinion after they received an estimate of nearly $10 million for a new upgraded wastewater treatment system earlier this month.
At the village council's regular meeting on Monday, village administrator Aaron Rengers said Kleinfelder, a Defiance-based engineering firm, sent him an engineer's estimate of $9.67 million to overhaul the village's wastewater treatment system on May 8. [More]
CELINA - School board members will likely convene a special meeting in the next few weeks to settle on a student occupancy date for the new grades 7-12 building.
FORT RECOVERY - After a brief work session on Monday, Fort Recovery Board of Education members discussed the district's cybersecurity protocols and heard an update on upgrades at Barrenbrugge Athletic Park.
MINSTER - A powerhouse architecture, engineering and planning firm has solidified its presence in the state with the strategic opening of a new office in northeast Ohio.
CELINA - A 38-year-old Greenville woman was arrested for drug possession, and a 30-year-old Celina man was arrested for vandalism, all over the weekend in Mercer County.
Bacon wins USAC Sprint before taking second in Outlaw
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - After dominating the USAC Sprint Car 30-lap main event Saturday night at Eldora Speedway's #LetsRaceTwo, Brady Bacon lined up on the front row of the World of Outlaw 30-lap chase trying to become the first driver in the history of the event to win both feature races. [More]
CELINA - The Mercer County Sheriff's Office has achieved accreditation through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Program, after meeting or exceeding 32 standards of professional excellence.
NEW BREMEN - Needing a win to clinch a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball title, Coldwater came out strong and scored five in the first to set the tone. While New Bremen fought hard, the early hole was too much to dig out of as the Cavaliers picked up a 10-2 win Saturday afternoon.
Play wrapped up at the Division II boys tennis sectional tournament. The weather prompted the tournament moved from the University of Northwestern Ohio to the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima.
