The city of Celina may harvest the algae in Grand Lake to create methane gas and carbon dioxide if a proposed pilot study at the water treatment plant is authorized and found viable.
Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan informed city council members on Tuesday night of what he called a drinking water source protection project. [More]
OSGOOD - A blaring radio roused a sleeping family after lightning struck their home and sparked a disastrous fire early Tuesday morning.
Now Shawn and Missy Tuente and their four children, ranging in age from 15 months to 9 years, are left to salvage belongings from the shell of the house at 14701 Reed Road. Osgood Fire Chief Frank Miller lists the damage as extensive and estimates the loss at nearly $200,000. [More]
MINSTER - Local councilors took the initial step toward a much-needed facelift for the Miami and Erie Canal on Tuesday night, giving first reading to an ordinance authorizing the mayor to petition the Auglaize County Commissioners for improvements.
If approved at the county level, the ditch petition could pave the way for work to be done as early as 2010. [More]
One Grand Lake advocate says the Ohio Senate's proposal to permit drilling for oil and gas in state parks for the financial benefit of the parks is not a sustainable, dependable source of funding.
Available from lake or roadway, the new Zuma Bait and Stuff is selling a wide variety of live and frozen bait and fishing equipment.
Chris Clark and Rick Holsinger own the bait shop at 6600 Bruce Road, off state Route 219 between Montezuma and Windy Point. It is across from the new Shockers bar.
When Tony Stewart purchased Eldora Speedway in the fall of 2004, many fans were hoping the Rushville, Ind., native would add another big race or two to the Eldora schedule.
Eldora Speedway once again becomes the center of the racing world this week with the fifth annual Prelude to the Dream.
The high-banked, one-half mile clay oval was once voted by fans the second-most popular race track in the country, behind only the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Schedule of events for local athletes at the 2009 State Track and Field Championships in Columbus (Local individuals and relays, with heat, lane or flight assignment listed in parenthees).
