COLDWATER - Mercer County Community Hospital surpassed surge capacity as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have spiked to their highest levels since the pandemic began two years ago.
Longterm care facilities across the state hit with staffing shortages and high patient volume also are having problems admitting patients, officials reported during Wednesday's joint hospital board of governors meeting. [More]
Robin G. Richardson, 62, of Spencerville, died at 12:31 p.m. Monday, January 24, 2022, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, after a month-long illness. [More]
CHICKASAW - Chickasaw Village Council on Wednesday recommended county commissioners accept a $1.74 million bid from Shinn Brothers, Celina, for the northside infrastructure improvement project.
CELINA - Unfortunately, people sometimes get their first glimpse inside the courtroom at Mercer County Common Pleas Court when they have a brush with the law.
Outbreaks reported at local long-term care facilities
CELINA - Six Mercer County residents have died and 690 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the county since last week, according to a county health department news release Wednesday.
CELINA - Like countless others, the man behind Groamy's CD's and Tapes in Lima took to social media to share his memories of rockstar Meat Loaf after learning of his passing on Thursday.
Gene "Groamy" Frueh met Meat Loaf after a show at The Car [More]
CELINA - Mercer County Prosecutor Matthew K. Fox, a Republican, on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the county common pleas judge position for the 2022 election cycle.
Long serving county common pleas judge Jeffrey R. Ingraham, a Democrat who has sat on the bench since 1991, cannot seek another term due to age limits set in the Ohio Constitution. [More]
NEW KNOXVILLE - If there was anything that New Knoxville girls basketball coach Tim Hegemier took from his team's game against Fort Loramie, it's that he knows that they can play right with the defending Division IV state champs.
Which, considering the two might meet again in the postseason, is a big deal. [More]
CELINA - Six Mercer County fire departments will receive almost $143,000 in Multi-Agency Radio Communications Systems grants, according to a news release from Gov. Mike DeWine's office.
CELINA - Tests on water at the Prairie Creek and Coldwater Creek treatment trains in 2021 again showed significant reductions in phosphorus and nitrogen.
Mercer County's unemployment rate for December improved slightly to 2.1%, down from November's rate of 2.2%.
The county also improved its status from third lowest for joblessness among Ohio's 88 counties to second lowest, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.
New Bremen trailed 10-0 heading into the second quarter, but rallied with 49 second-half points for a 61-51 girls basketball win over Houston at the Nest on Thursday.
ROCKFORD - Applause and a call for a celebratory beer rang out of the Parkway Local Schools' community room after school board members during their Monday meeting approved a new three-year contract with teachers after nine months of negotiating.
The new three-year contract with teachers will begin July 1, 2021, and expire June 30, 2024, superintendent Jeanne Osterfeld said. Teachers will receive 3%, 2.5% and 2% raises each year. [More]
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - A driver on Sunday afternoon reportedly lost control of a sport utility vehicle and ended up striking an airplane hangar at Lakefield Airport at 6177 State Route 219, Celina.
The driver reportedly did not suffer injuries but the hangar was badly damaged, leaving two antique airplanes under restoration trapped inside, an airport official said Monday. [More]
Iris D. Bolen, age 91, formerly of Greenville, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Elmwood Assisted Living Center in New Bremen, Ohio. [More]
CELINA - City officials on Monday night outlined plans to spend $180,000 to reroute a storm line and extend a sanitary storm line across U.S. 127 to accommodate ongoing development along West Bank Road.
ST. MARYS - City council members at their regular meeting Monday agreed to create a Design Review Board that will oversee the protection of historical downtown buildings.
WAPAKONETA - Five new deaths and 239 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Auglaize County since Thursday, raising the county's cumulative death toll to 97 and cumulative number of cases to 6,988 since the pandemic began.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday passed an emergency ordinance awarding PAB Construction, Coldwater, the Jefferson Street reconstruction project contract.
ST. MARYS - The non-profit Anything is Pawsable group will host a red-carpet worthy fundraising gala at 6 p.m. Feb. 12 at Romer's Catering, Celina.
The non-profit program trains dogs, starting as puppies, to be assistance dogs. The dogs are then donated to recipients in surrounding communities, free of charge. [More]
Jennifer K. Clint, age 55, of New Bremen, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 1:07 A.M. at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. [More]
