The Mercer County Fairgrounds is a beehive of activity these days as colorful striped tents go up along the midway and concessionaires arrive with trailers boasting hot wings, deep fried vegetables and sweet treats.

There are several school board and council seats opening up at the end of this year, with very few candidates having filed yet to run for election in Mercer and Auglaize counties.

NEW BREMEN - The village will be receiving $58,000 in Ohio Public Works Issue I stimulus dollars, according to an announcement made Tuesday night by Mayor Jeff Pape and Village Administrator Wayne York.

NEW BREMEN - School board members began their Wednesday night meeting with a celebration - and cookies - to commemorate 10 years of excellent ratings on the state report card.

ST. MARYS - School board members approved $1.74 million for site improvement at the new 6-12 school under construction just north of town.

The site improvement package includes sidewalks, lights, landscaping, parking lots, etc.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County health officials approved a new system that will allow residents to use credit and debit cards to purchase certified copies of birth and death certificates.

A Rockford woman who was left to clean up her renter's trash didn't like the answer health officials gave her on Wednesday.

Virginia Strukamp came

Coldwater High School Class of 1949 member Norma Ebbing Krueger isn't the same introverted girl she was in school

And she thinks her former classma

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Minster blistered its home golf course in capturing the Auglaize County Open championship on Wednesday at Arrowhead.