ROCKFORD - About 40 community members and teachers attended the Parkway school board meeting Tuesday night, where the contract for a district principal was under consideration.
Board members held a two-hour executive session at the beginning of the meeting called to discuss personnel issues and the dismissal of an employee. After the session, board members approved a one-year contract for elementary Principal Mark Esselstein. [More]
Two resident pairs of bald eagles have begun incubating an unknown number of eggs in separate nests on Grand Lake, said Sean Finke, coordinator of the Mercer Wildlife Area.
The pair with a nest along the lake's southwest side in the state-protected Mercer Waterfowl Area began incubating Feb. 22 and the pair with a nest behind Aquaview housing subdivision on the lake's south side began incubating Sunday, he said. [More]
County would lose access to dollars if fund created
Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a request from the board of elections to set aside a portion of its revenue for future equipment purchases.
Celina City Council meetings will be moved from the conference room of the city's new water treatment plant back to the courtroom of Celina City Hall starting March 29.
WAPAKONETA - In spite of a determined effort by a pair of Putnam County teams, fans of New Bremen and Fort Recovery will get a rematch of their epic battle from just over two weeks ago on Friday as both teams won their Division IV district semifinal games on Tuesday night at Wapakoneta High School.
NEW BREMEN - For Caleb Williams, it was the perfect choice.
The New Bremen senior basketball standout signed to play hoops next school year at Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Tuesday, joining a program that has had a lot of success in both the NAIA and NCCAA.
Keep it local - that's the message to business operators and individuals as they go shopping.
The Southwestern Auglaize Chamber of Commerce is distributing brochures and asking individuals to spend 50 of their shopping dollars each month at three independently-owned businesses.
