Beer will be sold at the 2007 Mercer County Fair.

In a late-night vote after all spectators had left the Tuesday night meeting of the Mercer County Fair Board, members voted in favor of beer sales. Along with the vote, board members adopted 10 rules concerning alcohol sales. [More]

ROCKFORD -Council learned the village is losing between 75,000 to 90,000 gallons of treated water a day from an unknown leak in its water system.

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Fleece hats might be more appropriate this Easter than frilly bonnets.

The high for Easter is forecast at 40 degrees, and it won't lift anyone's spirits to know Christmas Day was warmer at 44 degrees.

Two former co-workers who admitted selling wire that did not belong to them received suspended jail sentences during a March 28 appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

All of the St. Henry Consolidated Local Schools parking lots will be resurfaced and painted in a few weeks.

During the regular board meeting Monday night, board members accepted a $23,000 bid for the job from Gavit Paving, North Star.

MINSTER - Pouring rain and rumbling thunder did not stay village councilors from their appointed rounds - viewing work underway at the Minster Municipal Pool - prior to their Tuesday night meeting. [More]

WAPAKONETA - The baler/conveyer recycling equipment bid went over estimate and must be rebid but a second bid to prepare a five-year operational plan was accepted at the Auglaize County Solid Waste Management District's special meeting Tuesday afternoon.

MINSTER - Plans for decorative detail in connection with the Hanover Street Reconstruction Project are not set in stone, or brick, for that matter.

Mercer County Fair Board members signed a contract Tuesday night to allow an area pilot to offer helicopter rides at this year's fair.

Not only will the new attraction give fair-goers something exciting to do, it could also prove to be a good money-maker for the fair, officials said.

ROCKFORD - The village swimming pool will not be able to open this summer unless more lifeguards apply for jobs, according to Village Administrator Jeff Long.

People may have noticed the bright new copper roof on the McDonald's restaurant in Celina. But the new roof is just a small part of an extensive remodeling project that has changed the look of the eatery inside and out.

The chances for any high school baseball player to play at any level of professional baseball is very slight.

But for three local baseball teams, the chance to play at the professional baseball stadium is coming up in a week. [More]