CELINA - The Grand Lake region remains one of the best areas in the state to get a public education.

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ROCKFORD - To curb potential injuries or accidents involving electric bikes and scooters, Mayor Ron Searight informed residents the village and police would divert more attention to the vehicles.

MINSTER - After resolving some objections raised by business owners about the project, Minster village councilors Tuesday authorized village administrator Don Harrod to seek bids on plans to extend sidewalks along State Route 66 at the north edge of the village.

ROCKFORD - A 30-year-old Rockford man accused of hitting the passenger side of a vehicle with a baseball bat and injuring an unidentified female was arrested in Rockford and charged with felonious assault in Mercer County Common Pleas Court Saturday.

ST. MARYS - There are "no ifs, ands or buts about it," St. Marys residents will see some kind of increase to their trash bill in the new year, city councilor Arienne Childrey said at the city's solid waste committee meeting on Monday night.

ST. MARYS - After 34 Western Buckeye League wins in a row, Ottawa-Glandorf still was not satisfied and added another win to their belt with a 1-0 victory over St. Marys Tuesday night.

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A strong performance by the St. Marys girls golf team on their home course allowed the Roughriders to earn a share of the Western Buckeye League championship during the league tournament held at Northmoor on Tuesday.

ST. MARYS - At least three children on electronic micro-mobility devices zipped by the St. Marys Municipal building on Monday evening without helmets. At the same time, city officials were inside brainstorming ways to legally minimize safety threats related to their usage throughout the city.

CELINA - Authorities are continuing to lean on the public for help in locating a missing 89-year-old St. Henry man after an exhaustive, all-hand-on-deck search involving nearly 100 officials and volunteers, multiple agencies, and drones came up empty Monday afternoon.

ST. MARYS - A self-admitted neo-Nazi from New Mexico looking to spark a civil war was arrested by the FBI on Thursday for allegedly making a series of online threats, including sending a St. Marys city councilor a death threat, a Department of Justice news release reports.

FORT RECOVERY - Power is set up at Fort Recovery's new 250,000-gallon water tower with the SCADA work scheduled to be done this week, village administrator Randy Diller informed councilors at Monday night's regular council meeting.

CELINA - A group of Celina High School students receiving additional support beyond the classroom will take a trip to New York City in the coming mon

Mercer County engineer Jim Wiechart announced he is planning to close a section of Lange Road south of St. Henry for construction.

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Nelson Chapman's goal late in the second half allowed Celina to rally from a 1-0 deficit to defeat S

ST. MARYS-An area nature preserve is set to open today with a brand new look.

The Heritage Trails Park District of Auglaize County will open its Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature today to the public, with two of its trails now boardwalk and one kept a dirt path.

A 38-year-old Kentucky man died Friday afternoon after his motorcycle reportedly struck the back of truck on Interstate 75 in Shelby County, a news release from the Ohio State High Patrol states.

CELINA- For those who have just started saving for this year's holiday season, consider opening a Christmas Club savings account in the new year- or earlier- to avoid a similarly stressful budgeting blitz in 2026.

ROCKFORD - The Minster Wildcats scored on their first five possessions to take a 35-0 lead over the homestanding Parkway Panthers. Parkway responded

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Parker Wynk connected with Caleb Schlater on a five-yard touchdown in overtime, and Bridon Jeffries kicked the extra point to give Celina its first win of the season with a 38-37 victory over Van Wert at Eggerss Stadium.

MARIA STEIN - Cale Nagel's back-to-back punt returns for touchdowns contributed to a 34-point Marion Local second quarter and lit the fuse on the Flyers' 61-0 blowout win over Delphos St. John's Friday night at Booster Stadium.

ST. MARYS - A fair catch kick is incredibly rare in high school football.

A blowout victory for St. Marys? Not so much.

Bradey Triplett hit a 49-