GRAND LAKE - Some professors and a local student at Bowling Green State University are experimenting with Grand Lake water to get a less harmful type of algae to grow so it can be harvested. [More]

CELINA - City council members meet tonight to discuss the 2011 budget that must be submitted to the Mercer County auditor's department by July 15.

A Celina woman who led a crusade to promote the area has died.

Jackie Balfour passed away Tuesday evening at Celina Manor Nursing Home. She was 79. She is survived by her husband, Keith.

People with questions regarding Monday's algae bloom on Grand Lake or any other Grand Lake algae questions should call EPA representative Darla Peelle at 614-644-2160 or e-mail her at darla.peelle@epa.state.oh.us.

CELINA - A new cornhole league and tournament has been started at a city park, Celina Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Fortkamp said.

The league started two weeks ago at Eastview Park and will continue for at least one more week.

It's official.

The Grand Lake/Wabash River Watershed has been approved for $1.5 million in federal funds for conservation efforts that reduce soil and nutrient runoff.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

St. Marys American Legion Post 323 were swept in a doubleheader by the Miami Valley Wolverines on Wednesday night at Wittenberg University's Davidson Stadium in Springfield. The Wolverines won 3-1 and 5-3 to drop Post 323 to 0-3 on the season.