Freeze Warning issued April 25 at 3:32AM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 59° Today 59° frost 39° 39° Tomorrow 67° Tomorrow 67° chance 59° 59° likely
Monday, July 10th, 2006
By Shelley Grieshop
OSGOOD - Fresh green beans and a decorated carrot cake are nestled with other garden and homemade goodies on a table beneath a low-hanging apple tree at St. Maria's Community Farm.
On Saturday, traffic buzzed quickly by the fresh produce stand along state Route 705 where area residents sell their home-grown goods and baked items on Saturdays to benefit the less fortunate. Eileen Marchal and her son, Kurt, reposition the donated wares to make room for a few quart-sized bags of gooseberries. [More]
Mercer and Auglaize county
By Gary R. Rasberry
MINSTER - The Grand Lake area is assured of at least one team making it to the championship game of the District 4 ACME baseball tournament this Sunday.
All four area teams won their tournament openers on Sunday at Hanover Street Park in Minster.
The wins ranged from Coldwater's 3-0 pitcher's duel victory over Van Wert to St. Marys' 16-0 pasting of Fort Loramie in the nightcap. [More]
Obituaries on July 10th, 2006
Joan E. Blakeley, 78, of North Star, died at 12:10 p.m. July 8, 2006, at Briarwood Manor, Coldwater. [More]
Verna L. Brunswick, 94, of Minster and Newport, died at 5 p.m. July 7, 2006, at Fairhaven County Home, Sidney, where she was a resident for five years. [More]
Marceil Schlosser, 80, 4650 Fairground Road, Celina, died at 9:35 p.m. July 9, [More]
Richard W. Timmerman, 77, 1865 state Route 49, Fort Recovery, died at 6:32 p.m. July 8, 2006, at Briarwood Nursing Home, Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on July 10th, 2006
Subscriber stories on July 10th, 2006
There was no sticker shock for Mercer County officials last week when the final estimates for a proposed sewer project came in right where they were previously predicted.
Mercer County Fair Board members are buying the building on the south side of the fairgrounds previously owned by the local Fraternal Order of Police chapter.
Celina City Council members will be asked at tonight's regular meeting to approve a plan to put a winding, paved pathway through Miller Woods, located at Westview Park.
The Wabash River Conser-vancy board of directors Saturday approved a $38,500 preliminary operating budget for 2007, reported conservancy Secretary Lil Knapke.
The Grand Lake Mariners inched closer to .500 in the GLSCL with a 14-5 drubbing of Lake Erie on Friday at Ned Skeddon Field in Toledo.
The Mariners improve to 13-14-1 and are a half-game back of Delaware for the sixth and final spot in the playoffs.