Saturday, August 4th, 2007
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - There used to be Grassy, Elm, Squaw Point and Smoke Eaters, but now they're gone. Duck Blind is still around as are several with no names and even one with a cottage.
But the largest remaining island in Grand Lake is Prairie Creek Island, off the south central shoreline. [More]
Obituaries on August 4th, 2007
Lela Mae Baker, 89, formerly of Coldwater, died at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Dorothy M. Beckman, 79, 7 Melcher St., Minster, died at 7:50 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
William L. "Rex" Conradi Jr., 54, 5532 state Route 274, New Bremen, died at 7:16 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at his residence. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Leola Tangeman, 90, 33 E. South St., New Bremen, died at 8:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at Valley Nursing Center, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on August 4th, 2007
Subscriber stories on August 4th, 2007
State Routes 219 and 703 will be closed at least through Sept. 11
Stretches of the two state highways that run through the village of Montezuma will be closed beginning Monday as part of the town's huge street reconstruction project.
Minster VFW expectes to make $10,000 in beer profits at fair
Tradition met contemporary marketing in beer sales at this year's Auglaize County Fair, as The Bud Light Lounge opened its age-appropriate gates.
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Southwest Mercer Fire District (Fort Recovery) responded to a barn fire early Thursday morning just over the Ohio-Indiana state line.
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Mercer County Commissioners this week approved a $40,000 loan from the county's revolving loan fund to assist the new owners of a St. Henry bakery in expanding the business.