Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
CELINA - The police department should have had 11 rifles a long time ago, interim police chief Cal Freeman told council members Monday night.
During a review of proposed budgets for the police and fire departments by the personnel and finance committee, councilmen Bill Sell and June Scott asked Freeman about the need for additional firepower. The department has four rifles but Freeman wants to buy seven more at an estimated cost of $6,500. [More]
Robb Hemmelgarn spoke to a group of former local volleyball head coaches to get their insight into how volleyball has evolved through the years. Today's story is the first of a four-part series.
Reclined comfortably on his living room sofa, former New Knoxville volleyball coach Chuck Braden is amongst friends as he offers thoughts and stories about the sport to which he has dedicated the majority of his life. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Local electric customers will face no rate increases in the immediate future, village council members announced at a work session Monday afternoon.
MARIA STEIN - Urban "Uppie" Berning spent four years documenting the lives of past and present students, athletes, veterans and others in this small community.
Manure storage, cover crops among practices to be funded
Landowners in the Wabash River and Grand Lake watersheds have until Dec. 20 to apply for federal funds to install practices designed to stem nutrient runoff and hopefully curb algae growth in waterways.
