Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 7:14AM EDT until September 5 at 10:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... North Central Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1015 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 714 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Rockford, New Knoxville, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, Maria Stein, State Route 116 at State Route 197 and Chattanooga.
ST. MARYS - The school district and Fanning - Howey Associates hosted a community meeting Thursday night seeking public input on school facilities: build, renovate or make do with what's there now.
About 60 people attended the meeting at St. Marys East Elementary School, and, after the breakout session, highlighted what they believe needs done and what preconceptions need to be addressed. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Brother Bernie Barga was the kind of man who could see into people's hearts and always find goodness, his friends say.
"He was a very heartfelt man, he would see the good in everybody and in almost every situation," says the Rev. Rick Nieberding, who worked with Barga on local youth retreats from 1987-1996. [More]
ST. HENRY - Thursday night's match pairing up St. Henry and Coldwater once again proved that you better bring you're A-game every night that your up against a Midwest Athletic Conference opponent.
The Redskins had just enough of their A-game going to beat the Lady Cavs in four games - 25-22, 25-23, 22-25 and 27-25 - at the Middle School Gym in St. Henry. [More]
The Mercer County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) program has received a one-time $872,314 payment from the state, which officials plan to set aside in a reserve account.
A Celina man has been labeled a sexually oriented offender and sentenced to community control sanctions after pleading no contest to attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday authorized engineers working for them to apply for no-interest loans to plan and design two potential sewer systems.
Three people - including a local state park official - were injured when a St. Marys man reportedly failed to yield for another driver on state Route 703 near the Mercer County line at 8:29 a.m. Thursday.
MINSTER - Thursday at Minster Middle School, the number-one ranked Marion Local Flyers invaded Auglaize County to take on the Wildcats in Midwest Athletic Conference action.
ROCKFORD - As most volleyball fans know, momentum is a major key and in most games, the team that seizes and holds on to it most likely will come out on top.
