ROCKFORD - Parkway cheerleaders have the board's blessing for stunting at non-league home basketball games and pep assemblies next year. It's a whole new dimension that will boost school spirit, according to a school coach. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Village council members received good news Tuesday night in the form of lower than expected bids for a road reconstruction project. As a result, they added two more streets to the annual resurfacing program. [More]

COLDWATER - Road improvements for next year will be discussed at village council's transportation committee meeting Monday.

"We will be looking at a long list of possible roadwork, particularly Parkview, Ruby and Hardin streets," Village Manager/Engineer Eric Thomas said.

MONTEZUMA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to hire a company to determine whether property near Montezuma is wetlands.

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COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools is "on the right track" and ended a "successful" fiscal year 2010, says school treasurer Sherry Shaffer.

CELINA - As new owners of Grand Lake area landline phones and broadband Internet, Frontier Communications plans major upgrades in service and equipment, according to company executives in Celina last week.

The annual Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant is set for Monday in the air-conditioned Celina Fieldhouse.

Eight local young women will compete for the queen's crown and Miss Lake Festival 2010 title. A preshow at 7:30 p.m. kicks off the evening with the pageant to start at 8.

Five contestants will be competing for the title of Miss Lake Festival Outstanding Teen 2010 at a teen pageant held in conjunction with the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship pageant on Monday.

COLDWATER - The winners on the first night of the District 4 ACME Tournament were the Coldwater Cavaliers and Mother Nature.

The Cavaliers did all of their offensive damage against Van Wert in the first four innings and Coldwater defeated Van Wert at Veterans Field.