CELINA - The city will promote an income tax levy through a public campaign that Celina officials hope will inform citizens of its need for additional revenue and dispel misinformation about city spending.

ST. MARYS - Renovation has begun on the downtown store that will be leased to St. Marys City Schools to house the administrative staff. City council on Monday night appropriated loan money to fund the work.

CELINA - The city may sell the former Piper property at 501 W. Warren St. next month through public bids, according to Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan.

Day after day the sun shone out
Till the earth was choking with dust and drought,
And millions of blossoms on hill and plain
Were almost dead for the want of rain.

ST. HENRY - Village council members were happy to learn a large street paving project likely will be completed much earlier than expected.

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A 27-year-old Celina man remains incarcerated at the Allen County Jail after he attempted to toss drugs and other contraband over the fence at the Allen Correctional Institution on Monday morning. [More]

COLDWATER - Village council members accepted a bid of $42,920 from H20 Towers of Saline, Mich., for cleaning and painting the exterior of the town's 500,000 gallon water tower on the west end of the village.

CELINA - With just a week left in the season to try to move into the top six of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League standings for a playoff berth, the Grand Lake Mariners are in need of a late-season surge.

Three candidates are vying for one open seat on the Auglaize County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board of supervisors.

They are Bill Tostrick, German Township; Jim Albers, Washington Township; and Lou Brown, German Township.