Two bass fishing tournaments held on Grand Lake have been canceled for this year, and Lake Development Corporation (LDC) members wonder if the reason is the lake's poor water quality.
"We had 102 registered tournaments on the lake last year and a couple of big ones are not coming back in 2007," Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Manager Craig Morton said during the LDC's meeting on Monday. [More]
Two people, including a retired priest who had served parishes in Minster and St. Henry, were seriously injured Monday in a pair of traffic accidents on rural Mercer County roadways.
The Rev. Joseph M. Pax, 85, 2860 U.S. 127, Celina, remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, following a 1:43 p.m. accident at the intersection of state Route 29 and Burkettsville-St. Henry Road. [More]
An expected final vote to proceed with a wetlands mitigation project never materialized at Monday's Celina City Council meeting because of the absence of two council members.
The fate of privately owned boat docks along West Bank Road remains unresolved as the city nears the beginning of a walkway project that would remove the structures.
Area health departments are working on a plan to track school absenteeism in order to monitor illnesses such as the flu and to be prepared for a pandemic outbreak.
COLDWATER - Twelve major construction projects were completed in 2006, Mayor Vern Stammen reported in his state of the village address at Monday's council meeting.
ST. HENRY - Mayor Lavern Schulze will not be running for re-election at November's general election.
At the end of his annual state of the village report during a Monday night village council meeting, Schulze told council members that 2007 will be his last year of service.
