Flood Warning issued August 20 at 9:12AM EDT until August 20 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southern Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northern Logan County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 315 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 911 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in Wapakoneta, southwest of Kenton, and throughout Logan County. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Wapakoneta, Kenton, Russells Point, Lakeview, Waynesfield, Belle Center, West Mansfield, Chippewa Park, Northwood, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Rushsylvania, Mcguffey, Huntsville, Ridgeway, Uniopolis, State Route 195 at State Route 235, Jumbo, Walton and New Hampshire.
WAPAKONETA - Five more people in Auglaize County have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the county's total to 28, and one more person in Mercer County has tested positive, bringing it's total to 14.
Health commissioner Oliver Fisher said he does not believe the new cases represented a related outbreak. With increased testing and new testing criteria, an increase in the number of cases is to be expected, he noted. [More]
COLDWATER - Mercer Health's financial turnaround over the last fiscal year may help cushion the blow from disrupted operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even so, hospital administrators are looking at various funding options as they start the new fiscal year in uncharted waters. [More]
Sidney L. "Sid" Showalter, age 72, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 2:09 am at Mercer Health Systems in Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
From polio in 1945 to the current pandemic, Ken Kremer was there
COLDWATER - The COVID-19 pandemic has sent an 85-year-old Maria Stein man back in time to more than half a century when he spent the better part of a year in hospitals recuperating from the dreaded disease of the day - polio.
CELINA - Together for a Change, a group of Mercer County volunteers that makes fabric masks for medical personnel plans several local events to distribute the masks free of charge to Mercer County residents.