WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Board members unanimously approved several motions this week to modify home sewage system regulations after state officials recently squashed new rules put in place in January. [More]

Mercer Health has teamed up with a local agricultural agency to help area residents get fit by offering a free, year-long wellness program.

Moooving to Lose is the theme that officials hope will get individuals and families off the couch and into a healthier lifestyle. [More]

St. Marys Council passed the 2008 budget which anticipates a large dollar carryover from the current year. Largest single project is the 2008 street project with a million-dollar price tag to be funded through voted tax money.

A 4-year-old and his mother were seriously injured when they were ejected from a car while traveling Interstate 75 near Wapakoneta on Tuesday afternoon.

NEW BREMEN - It appears the village will have one less alley in the coming months as local councilors gave second reading Tuesday night to an ordinance seeking vacation of an alley bordered by East Monroe, East Front, South Washington and South Walnut streets.

CHICKASAW - After focusing the last few years on a new $2.5 million sewer system for the village, councilors now are looking toward streets for their next project.

WAPAKONETA - The county election board chairman has resigned from the board effective at the end of this month.

Board members appeared surprised th

There are an estimated 2,140 Mercer County senior homeowners eligible for reduced property taxes under a new Ohio Homestead Exemption approved in this year's state budget.

ROCKFORD - No action was taken by the Parkway Local Schools board of education following a 45-minute executive session called to discuss the discipline of a regulated person.

NEW BREMEN - Village councilors Tuesday night unanimously voted to accept a base landscaping bid from one of two companies - the final component of the Lock One Restoration Project.

A Celina man has pleaded not guilty in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to multiple charges stemming from injuries a 21-month-old boy sustained as the two allegedly "rough-housed" and wrestled.

With the season at its unofficial halfway point with the All-Star Break, the Grand Lake Mariners are just barely outside the top six that make the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League postseason. [More]

ROSSBURG - For 16 laps it looked as if Dale Blaney would best his brother, Dave, and the other NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers to win the third annual Old Spice Summer Sizzler at Eldora Speedway on Tuesday night.