GRAND LAKE - Residents along Grand Lake say large numbers of waterfowl have fled the area in recent weeks because of the toxic blue-green algae.

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GRAND LAKE - A local veterinarian continues to investigate whether the recent deaths of three dogs were due to exposure to toxins in Grand Lake.

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FORT RECOVERY - "50 percent cost, 100 percent performance" - that's the slogan members of the Fort Recovery levy campaign committee will use to promote a tax needed to build a new high school.

WAPAKONETA - Many young pet owners from Auglaize County came to the junior fair building Tuesday afternoon for the annual 4-H small animal show. The pets on display were mostly dogs, however, participants also brought their cats, rabbits and even guinea pigs.

MINSTER - Estimates for the Fourth Street reconstruction project are higher than expected, according to reports presented to village council members Tuesday night.

GRAND LAKE AREA - Local law enforcement agencies are warning residents about a new phone scam circulating the area.

Although the hoax has so far af

MENDON - An extensive village-wide infrastructure project will start next spring or summer as Mendon has been awarded a $300,000 neighborhood revitalization Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

CELINA - Celina Police continue to investigate a series of weekend thefts from three homes in the Wheatland Subdivision. In each case, residents were asleep in their beds when perpetrators entered attached garages.

A 36-year-old Celina woman who reportedly tried to flee from a traffic accident along Interstate 75 was arrested and charged with drunken driving.

The Wapakoneta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol handled the following injury accident recently:

• Two people were injured when the car they were riding in was rear-ended by a pickup truck at the intersection of state routes 66 and 219 at 3:30 p.m. July 20.

COLDWATER - Innergy fitness center has moved to a larger location to provide additional services and classes, say co-owners Deanna Davis and Kristy Kahlig, both of Coldwater.

ST. HENRY - The choice for St. Henry baseball standout Brad Kremer to enroll at Defiance College and play baseball for the Yellow Jackets wasn't a hard one to make.

Grand Lake outfielder and Parkway High School graduate Jensen Painter was the only Mariners player to earn postseason honors when the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League announced its annual awards.