Friday, June 15th, 2007
By Shelley Grieshop
The leaves on the shin-high stalks of corn have begun to curl in the sweltering heat of early summer in the Grand Lake area.
It's dry, "abnormally dry," as weather experts across the United States have classified Ohio's current status. And that's a stone's throw away from the big "D" word that farmers don't want to think about just yet: drought. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Area residents Bob Hoying and Nelson Smith belong to a select group - people who died but received a second chance to live thanks to trained emergency medical service personnel.
Each man collapsed outside as a result of sudden cardiac arrest and those who came to their assistance received "Gotta Have Heart" awards from the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians during ceremonies held recently in Columbus. [More]
By Timothy Cox
A squirrel apparently bit into a fiber-optic line and wreaked havoc with telephones and computers in the Verizon service area locally on Thursday.
A news release issued Thursday afternoon by Verizon estimated that about 34,000 West Central Ohio customers were affected by the service outage. That meant local and long distance telephone service was sporadic or inoperable and Internet availability also was affected. [More]
Obituaries on June 15th, 2007
Pauline M. Braun, 74, 4475 St. Peter Road, Fort Recovery, died at 3:20 p.m. June 13, 2007, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Richard E. Everman, 85, 1225 U.S.127, Maria Stein, died at 12:45 a.m. June 14, 2007, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Celina native Wade Miesse, 56, Greenville, S.C., died June 12, 2007, at his residence. A cause of death is pending a coroner's evaluation. [More]
Ed Pleiman Jr., 59, of Cassella, died June 14, 2007, at University Hospital, Cincinnati. [More]
Local pictures on June 15th, 2007
Subscriber stories on June 15th, 2007
Laura Walker of Montezuma was hired as the new Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed coordinator Thursday night by the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board.
Mercer County commissioners approved a $559,000 resurfacing contract for nearly 30 miles of county and township roads.
Crews from Shelley Co. will
NEW BREMEN - The school district will lose 15 students to open enrollment at other local schools for next school year, Superintendent Ann Harvey said during a school board meeting Wednesday evening.
ST. HENRY - A Fort Recovery man was injured Thursday afternoon when his pickup truck traveled through several farm fields before plowing into the side of a new house along West Main Street at the edge of St. Henry.
NEW BREMEN - The entire sophomore class last school year passed the reading section of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT), high school Principal Frank Borchers said during a school board meeting Wednesday night.
A 19-year-old man, who allegedly took multiple vehicles for transportation to and from Celina in order to see his girlfriend, is headed to prison at least for the time being following a Wednesday afternoon appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Editor's note: This is the third article in a Daily Standard history series on area convents that once housed the Sisters of the Precious Blood. Toda
Compiled by Ryan Hines
The Parkway ACME team scored five runs in the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie leading the Panthers to a 9-4 victory over Minster on Thursday evening at Don Black Field.