Heat Advisory issued June 26 at 9:17PM EDT until June 27 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 100. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Consecutive days of high heat and humidity can be especially hazardous as warm overnight temperatures will provide little relief.
Alvira "Vera" B. Wuebker, 87, Versailles, formerly of Fort Loramie, died Aug. 5, 2010, at the Versailles Health Care Center, where she had resided since May. [More]
State, federal personnel coming to Grand Lake watershed to help farmers
The state is pushing area ag producers to develop a land management plan and change their manure application process by 2012 and more personnel are coming to help with the process. [More]
One drops, other at highest level since testing began
GRAND LAKE - Levels of anatoxin-a, a neurotoxin being produced by a species of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in Grand Lake, are the highest they've been since testing for the toxin began in mid-June, according to the Ohio EPA.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced legislation that would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to states to use the latest science to sample and test water quality and to alert the public to harmful algal blooms, like the cyanobacteria in Grand Lake.
2nd public meeting nears on property transfer charge
MERCER COUNTY - A second public hearing is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday to discuss an increase in the county's property transfer fee to financially boost the economic development office.
