Friday, July 6th, 2007
By Timothy Cox
The entire stretch of Fort Recovery-Minster Road between the village of Fort Recovery and state Route 118 will be widened later this summer.
Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday awarded a contract to Sutter Excavation, Celina, for $318,878 after inking a separate grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission that will pay for $296,170 of the project. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. HENRY - Coldwater completed a clean sweep of the Mercer County ACME Tournament, beating a determined Fort Recovery squad 7-4 in the championship game at the Wally Post Athletic Complex in St. Henry on Thursday.
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Obituaries on July 6th, 2007
R. Louise Allman, 83, of St. Marys, died at 7:08 p.m. July 4, 2007, at St. Marys Living Center. The cause of death was cancer. [More]
Celina native Mildred "Micki" Margaret Elizabeth Smalley Patton, 92, of Scottsdale, Ariz., died Jan. 10, 2007. [More]
Eileen N. Berry, 79, of Rockford, died July 5, 2007, at Colonial Nursing Center, Rockford. [More]
Adela Diller, 88, of Tiffin, died at 3:45 a.m. July 5, 2007, at St. Francis Home, Tiffin. [More]
Former Coldwater resident Ermal H. Florence, 94, died at 3:20 a.m. July 6, 2007 [More]
Charles M. Jackson, 79, of Rockford, died July 5, 2007, at his residence.
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J. Scott Mowen, 76, of Lima, died 4:48 a.m. July 4, 2007, at his residence.
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Former Spencerville resident Glenn R. Potts, 68, of Celina, died at 7:10 a.m. July 5, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Otto J. Rammel, 94, 522 Western Ave., St. Henry, died July 4, 2007, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Clinton E. Wooten, 86, of Michigan, died July 4, 2007, at the Laurels of Shane Hill Nursing Home, Rockford. [More]
Local pictures on July 6th, 2007
Subscriber stories on July 6th, 2007
MENDON - A unique and increasingly popular procedure to correct body alignment and promote good health is drawing a large number of people of all ages to this small town.
ROCKFORD - Village council members this week unanimously passed the pending sidewalk ordinance after including some changes to residential compensation.
Agriculture/food is the No. 1 critical infrastructure in Mercer County and local officials have been working to protect it in the event of any natural or man-made disaster.
Local officials say more than 100,000 people visit each year
July is National Parks and Recreation Month, which is celebrated by numerous events across the state and across the nation.
The designation is fitting, Celina Parks Director Jeff Fortkamp said, because July is by far the busiest month in the city's four parks.
Four relievers shut down Anderson late to put Grand Lake at 10-11
The Grand Lake Mariners used great relief work and some late inning offense to rally and defeat the Anderson Servants 7-4 Thursday night in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Jim Hoess Field.