WAPAKONETA - The smoke-free workplace law is causing financial and manpower woes for health departments trying to enforce it.

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Parkway Local Schools Superintendent Doug Karst is retiring after heading the approximately 1,100-student school district for eight years.

"I just

Water samples taken Monday at two state swimming beaches on Grand Lake showed that E. coli bacteria levels are back below acceptable levels, park manager Craig Morton said Tuesday.

WAPAKONETA - Ryan Bollenbacher became the prime target of blood-sucking mosquitoes Monday as he performed his routine duties as a landscaper.

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COLDWATER - High school students with reading disabilities are getting additional help this year with the school's recently purchased MP3 players, according to resource specialist Marge Hoops. [More]

ROCKFORD - Several parents are unhappy with the Parkway school district bus policy and voiced their displeasure at Tuesday's school board meeting.

ROCKFORD - A policy that would allow Parkway Local school buildings to be given names was narrowly approved by the board at Tuesday's Parkway Local Schools board of education meeting. [More]

The bridge on U.S. 127 over Beaver Creek on the south edge of Celina will get a new deck next year, but some city officials expressed disappointment this week that the bridge won't see further improvements.

NEW BREMEN - Another park along the Miami and Erie Canal is in the works according to reports presented when New Bremen village councilors met Tuesday night.

NEW BREMEN - Village councilors welcomed a frequent guest Tuesday night and approved rezoning requests for designated lots in the Walnut Street subdivision.

WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Health Board was happy to hear that the department received a good grade on is recent state audit.
The audit, completed in July, revealed no findings of error or citations, county health Commissioner Charlotte Parsons told board members, who met on Tuesday.

MONTEZUMA - A new steak, seafood and family dining restaurant is now open after months of restoration and a chance meeting with a professional chef.

MARIA STEIN - Even after a small break, Marion Local volleyball coach Amy Steininger had to compose herself.

Her Flyers trailed 12-6 in the fifth and deciding game against Anna before posting what she said was one of the best comebacks she had ever seen. [More]

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Celina took a big step in making a play toward a Western Buckeye League girls tennis title, beating Elida 4-1 in Elida to knock the host Bulldogs out of the ranks of league unbeatens.

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The Versailles volleyball team played its most competitive match of the early season on Tuesday evening at Celina, but the Tigers still emerged a three-game winner over the Bulldogs at the Intermediate Building.

ST. MARYS - The St. Marys boy's soccer team scored twice in the final five minutes to salvage a wild 4-4 tie with the Defiance Bulldogs in Western Buckeye League play Tuesday afternoon at West Elementary Field.