Mandate set after state delays residential changes
By Shelley Grieshop
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.
During their monthly meeting Tuesday, board members mandated a 1-foot vertical separation distance between the surface where wastewater is applied to the soil and the seasonal high water table. The old requirement was 4 feet. [More]
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.
Thanks to a three-game win streak, the Mariners are [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.
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.
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.
