COLDWATER - Residents living in the 300 and 400 blocks of East Vine Street have signed a petition requesting village officials correct a traffic nightmare involving semitrailers arriving and leaving the abutting Basic Grain Company.
The petition, signed by 11 residents and led by Mari-Lynn Reed of 305 E. Vine St., claims that semitrailers park on the south side of East Vine Street while waiting to load or unload. At times the rigs even block private driveways, the petition claims. [More]
Eighteen applicants from Mercer County were approved for a total of $329,000 from the USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for fiscal year 2008, about $100,000 more than last year.
The nationwide voluntary program, reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill, has been around since 1997. It offers financial and technical assistance to install or implement structural and management practices on farmland that protect the environment from pollution. [More]
William "Bill" Waterman, 66, 102 Portland Street, Celina, died at 10 a.m. Jan. 14, 2008, at the St. Marys Living Center Nursing Home, St. Marys. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The board of education again has earmarked $100,000 for the school district's technology department, an investment Superintendent David Riel believes is an integral part of Fort Recovery's curriculum.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools took the first step Monday night toward satisfying an anti-bullying policy by formally submitting the first semi-annual written report.
COLDWATER - The village of Coldwater is chugging along in the black, a very good black, a pleased Mayor Vern Stammen told councilors Monday evening in his state of the village report.
ST. HENRY - Village council members appointed a former council member and a newcomer on Monday evening, as two seats were open at the first meeting of the year.
Celina's nearly two-hour trip started out well, but it finished horribly wrong.
The Bulldogs traveled to Hilliard Darby High School on Monday night for a makeup game and led early on, but the Panthers dominated play in the middle two quarters for a 64-31 victory.
A number of area basketball players battled it out on Saturday as Capital came to Ada to face Ohio Northern in Ohio Athletic Conference play at the ONU Sports Center.
