COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools is on solid financial footing for the next few years according to a five-year forecast presented by treasurer Jenn McCoy at Tuesday night's regular school board meeting.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Health members Tuesday learned a presidential executive order signed this week calling for the spacing out of childhood vaccines will have no effect on local recommendations for the time being.

MERCER COUNTY - The Mercer County Emergency Management Agency said it sounded outdoor warning sirens Tuesday morning based on ground reports of forming funnel clouds, citing an abundance of caution, even though the National Weather Service had not issued a tornado warning at the time.

MINSTER - Minster Local Schools Board of Education members this week approved an agreement with a local architectural firm to begin planning for future facility needs.

Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart announced Monday that, contingent upon weather conditions, Jutte Excavating plans to start construction work this week for the bridge replacement on Siegrist-Jutte Road between State Route 49 and Wabash Road in Washington/Recovery Township.