MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Board of Education members on Monday night learned about plans for possibly adding four elementary school classrooms.
A presentation by Garmann/Miller Architects-Engineers's Matt Hibner, Andrew Huelsman and Kellen Mescher revealed a detailed floor plan and exterior rendering. The classrooms would be attached to the existing kindergarten rooms on the southwest corner of the building. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - After losing its first volleyball match of the season last Thursday, Fort Recovery was able to bounce back with wins over Arcanum and South Adams over the previous three days.
But Tuesday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse was different, a Midwest Athletic Conference matchup with conference co-leader Marion Local, a team that suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday to Division III top-ranked Ottawa-Glandorf. [More]
Timothy J. "Tim" Dirksen, age 39, of Maria Stein, died September 21, 2020, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, following a tragic farm accident at his home. [More]
Donna Lou Hixenbaugh, age 92, Greensboro, GA formerly of Lima Ohio, passed away peacefully at The Harbor at Harmony Crossing, Eatonton, GA September 20, 2020. [More]
CELINA - The Lake Facilities Authority approved a contract on Tuesday with Access Engineering for design services on the upcoming Burntwood Creek Treatment Train.
CELINA - Twenty-four local entities financially harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic received a total of $142,000 via a new program authorized by Mercer County commissioners.
CELINA - Developing a treatment train on 30-acres of land between the Big Chickasaw Creek and Little Chickasaw Creek known as the Quivey property would be a major milestone in local water-quality restoration efforts.
Brockman Road between Harrison and Chickasaw roads in Franklin/Marion townships will be closed for a bridge replacement, according to a news release from Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart.
Celina and Ottawa-Glandorf went toe-to-toe for 80 minutes with neither team budging as the Bulldogs and Titans played to a 0-0 draw in Western Buckeye League girls soccer action on Tuesday at the soccer stadium.
MARIA STEIN - A Maria Stein farmer died after reportedly being overcome by silage fumes while trapped inside a silo on Monday morning.
Fire, emergency medical personnel and Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to 889 Cassella-Montezuma Road after receiving a 911 call at 10:20 a.m. [More]
CELINA - It was appropriate on Senior Night that most of Celina's goals came from its 12th-grade team members.
The Bulldogs improve to 4-2-1 and 2-1-1 in Western Buckeye League play with a 4-0 shutout of Bath at the soccer stadium on Monday night. The Wildcats drop to 3-6-1 and 0-3-1 in the league. [More]
Terry Teeters, age 68, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at the Celina Manor with his family by his side, after a battle with cancer. [More]
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VANDALIA - U.S. President Donald Trump stopped in Vandalia on Monday afternoon, delivering to throngs of fervent supporters a clear distinction between himself and Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden.
NEW KNOXVILLE - A Celina man has been charged with a second-degree misdemeanor charge of aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide or vehicular manslaughter in connection to a fatal traffic accident in June.
MINSTER - School district officials are working to identify and engage with students affected by the "COVID slide," which may have occurred during last year's transition to remote learning.
ST. MARYS - Twenty-seven supplemental appropriation requests, including requests related to a federal buyback program for flood-prone houses and COVID-19-related expenses, were reviewed by city finance committee members on Monday.
Garrett Hellwarth, Celina, and Scott Tobin, Coldwater, were elected to the Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors during the Sept. 15 All Ag Meeting and Banquet at the fairgrounds.
St. Marys had its best round of the season as all six Roughriders shot 40 or lower in beating St. Henry 145-166 in non-conference boys action at Northmoor on Monday.
WAPAKONETA - A roadside mural of Neil Armstrong created by a prominent California artist was unveiled Sunday along U.S. 33, highlighting the area's ties to the first man to walk on the moon.
The mural, featuring Apollo 11, the moon and a likeness of Armstrong, is located at at 17595 U.S. 33, Wapakoneta, and is the only roadside mural in Ohio by artist John Cerney. [More]
COLDWATER - Local Democratic candidates and supporters gathered in Coldwater Memorial Park Saturday, calling for support and strength and encouraging civic action before and after the November election.
Area boys golf teams took to the course of the Mercer County Elks on Saturday for the annual Jordan Moeller Invitational, which honors the memory of the 2008 Marion Local graduate and golf team member.
CELINA - Not long after the first classes at Tri Star Career Compact got underway Friday morning, junior construction students began pouring concrete in front of the new animal science building, an addition that officials say could benefit a number of Tri Star programs. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Coldwater shook off some early adversity and scored the game's final 24 points to roll to a 24-7 victory over New Bremen Friday night at Cardinal Stadium.
After giving up a long scoring drive to start the game, Coldwater's first two possessions ended on a fourth-down sack inside the New Bremen 15-yard line and an interception. [More]
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VAN WERT - A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Route 118 and Wren-Landeck Road that involved a Rockford teen left one dead and four injured on Friday morning.
