Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality. Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories. It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes. For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
Celina Mayor Sharon LaRue on Monday night wanted an ordinance passed as an emergency that would have allowed her to hire and pay a local resident as much as $60,000 to become a downtown grant coordinator.
Two resident pairs of bald eagles nesting on Grand Lake have hatched an undetermined number of young, reported volunteer eagle watcher Jill Bowers of St. Marys on Monday. [More]
MINSTER - The Superintendent's Student Advisory Committee will host a State of the State meeting Wednesday night to update the community on how the state and the Minster Local Schools are preparing for the changes and challenges in education during the 21st century.
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Health Board has terminated the tedious task of counting each pen, tape measure and other small items for inventory purposes.
COLDWATER - Councilors heard first reading of the village's three-year renewable contract with Klenke Trash Service LLC.
Klenke's, whose current contract with the village expires in May, collects and disposes of the village's garbage and other refuse, yard waste and recyclable material.
Deb Eschmeyer trying to get locally grown food into school cafeterias
Debra Eschmeyer remembers working in her family's garden as a little girl, hoeing weeds and eating ripe tomatoes and peas off the vine. The hoeing was hard work, she said, but the delicious, homegrown vegetables the work yielded were worth it. [More]
