Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
There are more than 2,000 types of wild mushrooms in Ohio. Some are poison. Some aren't, and those are the ones that get people of all ages out in early spring searching for morchella, otherwise known as morel or sponge mushrooms. [More]
Officials of Harbor Life Ministry (formerly Harbor House) are selling their property on Fayette Street and remain steady in their dream to build a new maternity home and pregnancy center in Celina.
The Rib Fest held at the Mercer County Fairgrounds during the weekend was a big success, reports co-chairman Wayne Miller. He was assisted by Julie Fleck of Bella's Italian Grille.
ELIDA - Celina and St. Marys took advantage of the wind blowing out of Ed Sandy Field in Elida as both teams won their Division II sectional openers on Saturday. [More]
LIMA - Wins have been hard to come by for the Celina softball team this season, and Saturday wasn't any different, but the Bulldogs slugged their way to a win in the postseason opener.
NEW BREMEN - Battling gusting winds as well as their respective opponents, the Marion Local Flyers and Fort Recovery Indians each opened the Division IV sectional softball tournament in New Bremen with victories on Saturday.
ELIDA - Coldwater nearly saw a four-run lead in the fifth evaporate, only to battle through and open its tournament play with a 10-7 win over Columbus Grove in the Division III sectional softball tournament at Dorothy Edwards Field in Elida on Saturday morning. [More]
COLDWATER - A pair of local teams survived the blustery conditions at Veterans Field on Saturday and will advance to face the county heavyweights in the Division III sectional finals on Friday.
It will be an All-Midwest Athletic Conference sectional final on Wednesday as New Knoxville and Fort Recovery posted wins at the Division IV baseball sectional on Saturday at Hanover Street Park in Minster.
