An experiment using barley straw in a dead-end channel of Grand Lake to curtail blue-green algae growth is underway, members of the nonprofit Lake Improvement Association (LIA) learned at their meeting Saturday.

Good bass fishing apparently has returned to Grand Lake and so has a major national bass fishing tournament, members of the private Lake Development Corporation (LDC) learned at their meeting Monday. [More]

An 18-year-old St. Marys man has pleaded not guilty to charges he possessed an illegal sawed-off shotgun.

Todd M. McClain, 1112 Nagel St., was indi

A 19-year-old St. Marys man was found competent to stand trial on charges he had sex with an alleged girlfriend who was a minor.

Samuel E. Burford

A St. Marys man has pleaded guilty to seriously injuring another man during a domestic incident in December.

Cody M. Hoenie, 18, 910 Magnolia St.,

COLDWATER - Membership in the Coldwater Fire Department jumped from 22 to 25 after village councilors on Monday approved an amendment to the department's by-laws that would increase membership.

MINSTER - Thad Colbeck, co-president of the Minster Education Association and social studies teacher at Minster High School, has resigned to take a job with an association that represents all teachers in Ohio.

County Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices have begun accepting nomination forms for candidates to serve on their local FSA county committees.

Nomination forms must be signed by the nominee and received by the county FSA offices no later than Aug. 1, a news release from the Ohio FSA states.

COLDWATER - After suffering a run-rule loss on Sunday in their opening game of the District 4 ACME Tournament, the Minster Wildcats had two options.

They could go through the motions and end their season, or they could vent some frustrations and make Crestview pack it in for the year. [More]