Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
The USDA has set aside $1 million to help with water cleanup efforts in the Grand Lake Watershed.
The money will be available to farmers in the Chickasaw Creek and Barnes Creek subwatersheds to plant buffer strips and winter cover crops to help filter out sediment and nutrients before they get into waterways. The farmers also will be allowed to harvest hay from the buffer strips. [More]
It's tough to call a second trip to state a tradition, but the Coldwater boys and girls bowling teams are certainly building a tradition in just the second year of the state bowling tournament.
Both teams, along with the Celina boys team, head to Lancaster this week for the second OHSAA State Bowling Championships at Tiki Lanes. [More]
Auglaize County voters at the March primary will be selecting from three Republican candidates who they want to run for Auglaize County commissioner in November.
ST. MARYS - The city's project to provide electric power to the new school location is looking up.
Electric power will arrive at the new middle/high school location (corner of state Route 66 and Shipman Road) via aerial lines, council learned Monday night from the electric committee's report.
COLDWATER - Village officials are hopeful that extended hours of operation at Basic Grain Products and an upgrade of its signage will alleviate congestion of semitrailer traffic along East Vine Street.
After a tie for the Western Buckeye League girls basketball crown this season, it's fitting that the major awards in the league were also shared by the top two teams.
