The county's economic development director and a local consultant are applying for a $100,000 grant to create a program for orderly growth and land use changes that could help improve local water quality.

Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board members took no action following an hour executive session to discuss the employment of district staff.

Urban Grevenkamp spends nearly every afternoon ringing doorbells and peddling household goods in a fashion rarely seen these days.

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Two Celina subdivision developers did not follow city standards when installing their roads.

And somebody, possibly city taxpayers, must pick up the costs of any future fix-it work. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - Village council members this week authorized the sale of two village-owned lots that are of no use to the village anymore, Village Administrator Randy Diller said.

A Celina alley running east and west between West Wayne and West Anthony streets - a former parking lot of Mersman Brothers' Furniture - may be vacated by city council members.

Noelle Schmitt was proud as punch to show me the blue pumpkins that her family grew this year.

"I think they're just really cool looking," Schmitt smiled as she positioned one of the pumpkins on the solitary plant for viewing.

COLDWATER - The annual Gene Weber Lions Cross Country Invitational, due to its timing and location, is usually a good indicator of how the Midwest Athletic Conference, held a week later on the Coldwater course, could shape up. [More]

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The Minster boys golf team qualified for the Division III state tournament next week after finishing second at the district tournament held at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green on Thursday.

COLDWATER - The game of volleyball is a rather simple game: get the ball to your best players so they can apply their talents, play great defense and make the routine plays.

MARIA STEIN - Heavy hitting at the net typically gets the most attention at volleyball matches, but a stingy defense can be just as lethal.

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Dirt late model driver Chad Ruhlman describes his relationship with his older brother Brian as more of a father-son relationship than the typical brotherly bond.

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Celina and St. Marys each qualified a doubles team to the Division II district tournament after first-round play of the sectional in Lima on Thursday.