ST. MARYS - After a heated debate and three votes, St. Marys Township trustees approved zoning changes enabling a new development at the south end of Grand Lake that would include a condominium hotel, two restaurants, retail shops and various residential units. [More]

Celina's engineering department will eliminate the right-hand turn lane at the intersection of North Main and Wayne streets due to safety concerns from a resident.

More than 200 families in the Grand Lake area could go hungry each month if Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to cut $7 million in food bank funding goes through.

NEW BREMEN - Mayor Jeff Pape wants citizen input regarding plans to enclose a section of the Miami and Erie Canal after village councilors rejected a resolution to seek bids for the project Tuesday night. [More]

Nearly $150,000 in federal funding has been approved to help facilitate projects in several Mercer County communities.

County commissioners on Tues

NEW BREMEN - Voters will decide the fate of a 1.25-mill levy for ambulance and emergency medical service as a result of action taken by local councilors Tuesday night.

Mercer County commissioners are reviewing the case of a local landowner who says the soil and water agency misled him about his cost for an upcoming ditch project.

A new high school assistant principal was hired this week by the Celina City Schools board of education.

Phil Metz, a construction instructor at Apollo Career Center in Lima, was hired to fill the position left vacant by Kevin Mast, who was promoted to district business manager in April.

ST. MARYS - McCullough Realty LLC has opened in St. Marys to provide real estate sales and property management services in Auglaize and Mercer counties.

For the second year in a row, Cory Klenke proved himself to be the area's top baseball player, earning The Daily Standard's Baseball Player of the Year honor after helping Coldwater to its second straight trip to the Division III state semifinals. [More]

MINSTER - The Minster Wildcats took advantage of several St. Marys errors to take an Auglaize County ACME battle 9-2 at Hanover Street Park.

The win moves the Wildcats to .500 on the summer at 8-8 while the Roughriders, who committed five errors in the game, drop to 3-9 with the loss.

ST. HENRY - To say that the St. Henry ACME baseball team has been struggling of late is like saying it warms up in this part of the state of Ohio during the summer.