MINSTER - Nearly two dozen concerned parents came to the Minster Local Schools board of education meeting Monday night to express dissatisfaction regarding projected staffing for the 2008-2009 school year.

ST. HENRY - The school district will end this fiscal school year with $35,000 in deficit spending, school board members learned Monday night.

"This year we basically broke even," Treasurer Glenn Miller said during the school board meeting.

ST. MARYS - Could the now-closed landfill become a water park, a jungle safari zoo or a golf course? Those suggestions and others from the community were discussed at city council's meeting of the streets and sidewalks committee Monday night. [More]

The village of Osgood has been awarded an interest-free loan of $210,000 to help finance construction drawings for a proposed wastewater treatment facility for the village. [More]

The body of a missing 46-year-old Union City man was found Monday afternoon lying near a railroad track not far from the victim's Darke County home.

The accidental cutting of a fiberoptic cable in Van Wert County signaled major problems for the local 911 system as well as residents trying to place calls.

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After returning to Ball State for his senior season, despite being drafted in the 27th round by the Minnesota Twins, Kyle Heyne has continued to be one of the top closers in the Mid-American Conference.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

With both teams gearing up for district semifinal play later this week, Celina and Coldwater met up at Veterans Field in Coldwater for a non-league game, marking the first time since the 2005 season that the teams met twice in a season.