CELINA - The Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors hired a new H2Ohio technician during a special meeting Tuesday.

Michael Bolton will start his new job on Monday, SWCD administrator Michael Watercutter said Thursday, filling the position that's been empty since August.

FORT RECOVERY - Mike and Jill Walter didn't start noticing strange noises and lights turning off and on in their Fort Recovery home until all their kids moved out in 2008. [More]

ROCKFORD - A groundbreaking ceremony is set for 6 p.m. Monday for a $2.3 million expansion at New Horizons Community Church, 833 South Main Street.

The church in 2019 announced the expansion project before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to lead pastor Ken Meyer.

GERMAN TOWNSHIP - Three men are vying for two trustee seats in German Township on the Nov. 2 general election ballot.

Incumbents David Albers and Robert Heitkamp are being challenged by Mike Varno.

CELINA - City auditor Betty Strawn, a Republican who has held office since 2012, plans to retire at the end of the year, two years short of a full-term.

WAPAKONETA - Twenty new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the county since Tuesday, according to an Auglaize County Health Department news release on Thursday.

CELINA - Mercer County commissioners agreed Thursday the county can use federal COVID-19 relief money to purchase a new jet fuel station estimated to cost $245,000.

ELIDA - Even though New Knoxville lost the opening game of the Division IV district volleyball final to New Bremen, fans could see that the Rangers were just getting warmed up. [More]

ELIDA - It took 15 minutes for the St. Marys boys soccer team to find itself in a deep hole in Thursday's Division II district final.

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VAN WERT - St. Henry rallied from a two-set deficit for an improbable 3-2 victory over Fort Recovery to claim a Division IV district title Thursday night at Van Wert High School.

The Midwest Athletic Conference awarded New Bremen quarterback David Homan and Marion Local linebacker Darren Meier its top honors as the conference announced its all-conference teams on Thursday.