NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

MARION TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

A public hearing will be held before the Marion Township Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday April 27, 2026, at 8:00 P.M. at the Marion Township Building, 8078 Marion Drive, Maria Stein, OH for the purpose of hearing the following:

The application of Douglas and Teresa Grieshop, 7352 Indian Trail Road, Maria Stein, OH. They are requesting a front yard variance to construct an Accessory Structure on their residential lot. They are requesting that the Accessory Structure be located closer to the public right-of-way than the residence. This residential lot is located at the above address, in Section 26, Marion Township.

The application of Marcus A. Otte, 1486 Rolfes Road, Maria Stein, OH. He is requesting a front yard variance to construct an Accessory Structure on their residential lot. He is requesting that the Accessory Structure be located closer to the public right-of-way than the residence. This residential lot is located at the above address, in Section 35, Marion Township.

Board of Zoning Appeals of Marion Township

Dale Homan, Chairman

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

The State of Ohio, Mercer County. Second National Bank, Division of the Park National Bank, nka Park National Bank, Plaintiff, vs. Marvin D. Collins, et al., Defendant. Case No. 25-CIV-045.

Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction on RealAuction.com, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., if the property does not sell on that date, it will go up for a second sale on RealAuction.com, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., the following described real estate to-wit:

Parcel No.: 17-044700. 0000, 17-044800.0000

Complete Legal Description can be located in the Mercer County Map Office, located in Room 209, at the Mercer County Courthouse.

Said Premises located at 209 Harrison Street, Fort Recovery, OH 45846

Said premises appraised at $125,334.00. A deposit of $5,00.00 is required to Real Auction.com. This appraisal does not include an interior examination of the premises.

TERMS OF SALE: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. lf Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required.

TERMS OF 2^ND SALE: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as the first auction.

Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.

Gorman, Veskauf, Henson & Wineberg

Attorney (937) 325-7058

Doug Timmerman, Sheriff

Captain Chad Fortkamp

Mercer County, Ohio

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

The State of Ohio, Mercer County. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. Bradley John Wiechart, et al., Defendant. Case No. 24-CIV-004.

Pursuant to a Court Order of Sale, in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction on RealAuction.com, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 9:00 A.M, if the property does not sell on that date, it will go up for a second sale on RealAuction.com, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 9:00 A.M., the following described real estate towit:

Parcel No.:

26-124100.0000;

26-124200.0000,

26-124300.0000,

26-124400.0000,

26-124500.0000,

26-124600.0000,

26-124700.0000,

26-124800.0000,

Complete Legal Description can be located in the Mercer County Map Office, located in Room 209, at the Mercer County Courthouse.

Said Premises located at 117 Northwood Drive, Celina, OH 45822

Said premises appraised at $283,000.00 A deposit of $10,000.00 is required to RealAuction.com. This appraisal does not include an interior examination of the premises.

TERMS OF SALE: Property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value. Required deposit in cash or certified funds due at the time of sale and balance in cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale. lf Judgment Creditor is purchaser, no deposit is required.

TERMS OF 2^ND SALE: Property to be sold without regard to minimum bid requirements, subject to payment of taxes and court costs; deposit and payment requirements same as the first auction.

Pursuant to ORC 2329.21, purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to cover.

LOGS Legal Group LLP

Attorney (513) 396-8100

Doug Timmerman, Sheriff

Captain Chad Fortkamp

Mercer County, Ohio

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff, Case No.: 25-CIV-119. Judge: Matthew K. Fox vs. Ian M. Breen, et al., Defendants.

Legal Notice

The Defendant, Ian M. Breen, whose current address is unknown will take notice that on October 8, 2025, the Plaintiff, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, filed its Complaint in Case Number 25-CIV-119, in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Ohio, seeking a foreclosure of its mortgage interest in the real property located at 116 Caldwell Street, Fort Recovery, OH 45846, Permanent Parcel No. 17-005500.000, ("Real Estate"), and alleged that the Defendant, Ian M. Breen, has or may have an interest in the Real Estate.

The Defendant, Ian M. Breen is required to answer the Plaintiff's complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication of this notice. In the event that the Defendant, Ian M. Breen failed to respond in the allotted time, judgement by default can be entered against them for the relief requested in the Plaintiff's Complaint.

Carrie L. Davis (0083281)

Michael R. Brinkman (0040079)

Christopher M. Polito (104409)

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Ohio

3962 Red Bank Road,

Cincinnati, OH 45227

513-322-7000 Phone

513-322-7099 Facsimile

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Legal Notice

NTL Collegiate STNDT LN TRST 2003 1, whose last place of business is known as 235 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30303 but whose present place of business is unknown, will take notice that on July 11, 2025, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, filed its Complaint of Foreclosure in Case No. 25-CIV-079 in the Court of Common Pleas Mercer County, Ohio alleging that the Defendants, NTL Collegiate STNDT LN TRST 2003 1, has or claims to have interest in the real estate located at 9722 Celina Mendon Road, Celina, OH 45822, PPN #060079000100. A complete legal desceiption may be obbtained with the Mercer County Auditor's Office located at 101 N. Main St., Room 105, Celina OH 45822.

The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute.

The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any leins, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner's claim in the property order of its priority, and for sure other and further relief as it just and equitable.

THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 15^TH DAY OF MAY, 2026.

BY:Clunk, Hoose Co., LPA, Ethan J. Clunk #0095546

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner

495 Wolf Ledges Pkwy

Akron, OH 44311 

(330) 436-0300

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The following Mobile Home will be offered at Public Sale on April 23, 2026, 11 a.m. at 6655 U.S. 23, Chillicothe, OH 45601. For more details call Tim Caudill 865-617-3984.

2020 Clayton

Ref # 67230297

Minimum Bid $29,439.65

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF BEHOLD MINISTRIES

Notice is hereby given that Behold Ministries, an Ohio nonprofit corporation, which had its principal office in Celina, Ohio, elected to voluntarily dissolve and wind up its affairs and that its Certificate of Dissolution was filed with the Secretary of State of Ohio on April 3, 2026. Ann Charles Watts, Practice with Purpose, 115 Linwood Street, Suite 11, Dayton, OH 45405, 877-425-4633.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Mercer County Commissioners, acting for the Village of Montezuma, will receive sealed bids for the construction of the Montezuma Park Improvements Project within the Village of Montezuma, Ohio.

Bids will be received at the Mercer County Commissioners office located at Room A201, 220 W. Livingston Street, Celina, OH 45822, until 11:00 a.m. (local time), April 23, 2026, at which time and place bids will be opened publicly and read aloud. Bids received after 11:00 a.m. (local time) will be returned unopened.  

Bids will be received on a unit price basis as outlined in the bid documents: 

The project includes Seawall installation and other miscellaneous improvements in the Village of Montezuma.

Bids must be signed and submitted on the separate bidding forms included in the Bidding Documents, sealed in the provided envelope, and shall be accompanied by either a Bid Guaranty Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid amount or by a certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit on a solvent bank in the amount of not less than 10% of the amount of the Bid, subject to conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders. Bid security, furnished in Bond form, shall be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide said surety. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a satisfactory Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the Bid. 

All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable, use Ohio Products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor's Executive Order of 1972, and Governor's Executive Order 84-9 shall be required.

Attention of bidders is called to all of the requirements contained in this bid packet, particularly to the Federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates, encouragement of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) utilization, various insurance requirements and various equal employment opportunity provisions.

The Bidding Documents, which include Drawings, Specifications and blank bid forms, may be examined and obtained at the office of Access Engineering Solutions, LLC, 1200 Irmscher Boulevard, Suite B, Celina, Ohio, 45822. Bidders may obtain an electronic copy of the documents for $25.00 and hard copy will be $50.00 for each complete set of documents. These documents can be shipped at the Bidder's expense for an additional shipping fee of $15.00. Non-refundable checks are to be payable to Access Engineering Solutions, LLC. BIDS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FROM BIDDERS LISTED ON THE ENGINEER'S OFFICIAL LIST OF PLAN HOLDERS.

The Owner reserves the right to reject each and every bid and to waive informalities, irregularities and errors in the bidding to the extent permitted by law.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof except as provided in section 9.31 of the Ohio Revised Code.

This notice is posted on the statewide public notices at: www.publicnoticesohio.com and the Commissioners' web site via www.mercercountyohio.gov

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Public Notice

The parties listed below whose last known address is listed below, the place of residence of each being unknown, will take notice that on the date of filing listed below, the undersigned Plaintiff filed its [Complaint] in the Court of Common Pleas, of Mercer County, Ohio, alleging that Plaintiff is the holder of certain tax certificates (listed below), purchased from the Mercer County Treasurer in conformity with statutory authority, and is vested with the first lien previously held by the State of Ohio and its taxing districts for the amount of taxes, assessments, penalties, charges and interest charged against the subject parcel. Plaintiff further alleges that the certificate redemption price of each certificate is due and unpaid, and that it has filed a Notice of lntent to Foreclose with the Mercer County Treasurer, which the Treasurer has certified indicating the certificate has not been redeemed. Plaintiff further alleges that there are also due and payable taxes, assessments, penalties and charges on the subject parcel that are not covered by the certificate, including all costs related directly or indirectly to the tax certificate (including attorneys fees of the holders' attorney and fees and costs of the proceedings). Plaintiff further alleges that it is owed the sums shown below on each tax certificate, plus interest at a rate of 17.5% per annum on the first tax certificate, from the certificate's purchase date to the date a notice of intent was filed, and 18% thereafter and on any other subsequently purchased tax certificate which are a first and prior lien against the real estate described below, superior to all other liens and encumbrances upon the subject parcel shown below.

Plaintiff prays that the defendants named below be required to answer and set up their interest in said premises or be forever barred from asserting the same; that all taxes, assessments, penalties and interest due and unpaid, together with the costs of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, on the tax certificates be found to be a good and valid first lien on said premises; that the equity of redemption of said premises be foreclosed, said premises sold as provided by law, and for such other relief as is just and equitable.

The defendants named below are required to answer on or before the [28th day after the last date of publication].- (May 6, 2026)

By Austin B. Barnes III (0052130), Sandhu Law Group, LLC, 1213 Prospect Avenue, Suite 300, Cleveland, OH 44115, 216-373-1001, Attorney for Plaintiff listed below.

26-CIV-028 Tax Ease OH V, LLC V. Unknown Heirs, Next of Kin, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and/or Administrators of Edith M. Monroe, Deceased, et al. Date of Filing: February 17, 2026. Published on: Unknown Heirs, Next of Kin, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, and/or Administrators of Edith M. Monroe, Deceased, Address Unknown, Celina, OH 45822. Eric Doe, Name Unknown, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Edith M. Monroe, 303 N. Brandon Avenue, Celina, OH4582.

Base Lien: 21-007

Certificate Purchase Price: $3,510.74.

Additional Liens: 22-021. Certificate Purchase Price: $1,230.61

Certificate Purchase Price:$

Certificate Purchase Price: $

Permanent Parcel No.: 271379000000

Also known as: 303 N Brandon Ave, Celina, OH 45822

(A full copy of the legal description can be found in the Mercer County Recorder's office)

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LEGAL NOTICE

Area Agency on Aging 3 intends to award the following funds for calendar years 2027-2030 to providers who furnish services as specified below to people 60 and older within Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam, and/or Van Wert counties:

• Title III-B Older Americans Act, Care Coordination Program (Services include Personal Care, Homemaker, Adult Day Service, Home Maintenance and Chore, Home Modification and Home Medical Equipment)

• Title III-B Older Americans Act, Legal Services

• Title III C1 and C2 Older Americans Act Funds for the Administrative Functions of Home Delivered Meals and Congregate Meal Restaurant-based dining projects.

• Title III-C1 Older Americans Act, Nutrition Program, Restaurant Program

• Title III-C2 Older Americans Act, Nutrition Program, Home Delivered Meals Projects

• Title III-D Older Americans Act, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services

Requests for Proposals will be accepted beginning Monday, April 13, 2026. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 15, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. For a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP), please visit our website at: www.aaa3.org. A provider meeting addressing questions specific to the RFP will be held through a virtual platform on April 20, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to attend to ensure a complete submission. You may join the meeting by logging onto www.aaa3.org and following the link to the meeting. Please contact Mary Steele, Vice President of Compliance and Oversight at msteele@psa3.org or 419-879-1851 with any questions.

AAA3 IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTOR AND EMPLOYER AGENCY.

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