CELINA - City council members once again are poised to sell land in the city's Grand Lake Industrial Park.

Council met in executive session on Thursday evening to discuss a property sale in the industrial park off Havemann Road. No action or recommendation was made after the session.

FORT RECOVERY - A Darke County hog and fish farmer recently showcased during a March 19 visit by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has a history of pollution and manure management issues, the most recent of which occurred just eight days before the governor's visit. [More]

CELINA - It will be much easier to find and dispatch sheriff's cruisers in the future thanks to a recently-announced grant award.

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GRAND LAKE - Local business people were armed with information Thursday to combat negativity about Grand Lake's water quality.

About 60 attended tw

CELINA - Several alleys in downtown Celina will be resurfaced as part of the Main Street reconstruction project.

Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan made the announcement during a streets and alleys committee meeting earlier this week.

CELINA - Celina City Schools needs to work on how the public would be notified of an emergency situation at the school, officials learned at a recent mock disaster exercise sponsored by the Mercer County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). [More]

CELINA - The local health department staff may not get raises again next year due to budget concerns.

Dale Palmer, administrator for the Mercer Cou

I was in need of plants for a shady garden area in my landscaping and stumbled on a Hellebore.

Hellebores are hardy perennials that prefer shade. Since this plant is a very early bloomer, I decided to try out the Ivory Prince helleborus orientalis last year.

There was an easy choice and a difficult one when choosing The Daily Standard Boys Basketball Player and Coach of the Year.

No disrespect intended,

Despite the actuality that five years have come and gone, if you're interested in getting former New Bremen baseball standout Alex Leugers' adrenaline flowing, engage him in a conversation about his final weeks on the diamond for the Cardinals in 2005.

COLDWATER - The weather may have been a little chilly, but the pitching was warmed up and ready to go at Veterans Field in Coldwater on Thursday.

Cavalier ace Keith Wenning and New Knoxville starter Jake Lawler put on a show in the opening Midwest Athletic Conference game of the season. [More]

CELINA - Two nights after suffering their first loss of the season and being held to just three runs by Bath, the Celina baseball team rebounded in a big way on Thursday night.

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Celina boys tennis coach Jan Morrison mixed up the lineup on Thursday, but her NetDogs came away from its nonconference match with Bluffton a 4-1 winner at the Booster Club Tennis Complex.