Mercer County has confirmed its third case of H1N1 flu and officials are awaiting test results on four others. Many more cases are suspected, but specific H1N1 tests aren't being ordered in each case. [More]

Rockford residents will have two mayoral candidates to choose from when they vote on Nov. 3.

They are incumbent Mayor Amy Joseph, 35, 401 W. Columbia St., and challenger John Shaffer, 31, 415 W. Columbia St.

For the third time residents in the Vantage Career Center district are being asked to approve a bond levy for a school construction project. Two similar levies were defeated within the last year.

A federal mediator is being called in to help settle a contract between the Coldwater Teachers Organization (CTO) and the school board.

Superintendent Rich Seas issued the following statement this morning and then declined further comment.

Dredge crews began pumping sediment from Grand Lake into seven geotextile tubes along the shoreline in the Windy Point area on Thursday.

The sediment is being dredged from a channel between Windy Point Road and a small island off the shore near the location of the old Windy Point beach.

Celina East Elementary School teachers Lore Long and Renee Kramer are leading a district and community initiative to get books into the hands of all Celina children. [More]

Dublin Township voters next month will decide whether to renew a 0.5-mill levy that creates funds for general operating expenses.

The five-year lev

If a liquor permit option passes at the polls Nov. 3, it would allow for the first time public sale of liquor in the small village of Mendon.

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A 38-year-old New Weston man was found dead at his home Wednesday afternoon, the victim of an apparent suicide by hanging.

Lawrence J. Monnin Jr., 301 Pine St., served as a village councilor in the community and as secretary of the Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers.

A former music teacher has started a new church in Celina that closely follows the teachings of the King James Bible.

Mikel Paulson, a South Dakota

Former Marion Local basketball standout Sara Puthoff will be inducted into the Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday as part of Hall of Fame Weekend for the Falcons as they face Central Michigan at Doyt Perry Stadium at noon.