MERCER COUNTY - A member of the Lake Improvement Association wants health officials to require mandatory septic tank inspections for properties in the Grand Lake watershed.
Tom Rampe formally proposed the action during the monthly meeting of the Mercer County-Celina City Health Department on Wednesday. He believes inspections conducted on all septic tanks older than five years would help clean up the lake. He also suggested further inspections on a regular basis. [More]
CELINA - Reconstruction of Main Street is scheduled to begin Monday, and at least two blocks will be closed to all vehicles, Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan said.
Smith Paving & Excavating Inc. of Norwalk - contracted by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for $3.237 million - is doing the work, Bryan said. [More]
AUGLAIZE COUNTY - A 39-year-old Minster woman was killed after she lost control of her van on Glynwood-New Knoxville Road near Wapakoneta on Wednesday afternoon.
Christa D. Ernst was pronounced dead at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, following the single-vehicle accident at 3:04 p.m. Ernst reportedly was ejected from her 1998 Pontiac Transport; she was not wearing a seat belt. [More]
Mercer County assistant prosecutor: Grand Lake under Ohio jurisdiction
MERCER COUNTY - The state - not the local health department - is responsible for Grand Lake and any public health nuisances caused by its polluted water.
WAPAKONETA - More than the weather was cooking Wednesday evening at the Auglaize County fair, as two homegrown chefs competed in the categories of Italian cuisine and any recipe using graham crackers.
CELINA - Each downtown business owner will be left with eight feet of sidewalk near their front door during a majority of the Main Street reconstruction project.
GRAND LAKE AREA - An Auglaize County official suspects a tornado may have caused millions of dollars in damage when a severe thunderstorm swept through the area on Wednesday.
Participants requested to drive the course due to water advisory
The annual Bar Stool Open putt-putt golf tournament around Grand Lake will go forward rain or shine on Aug. 14, organizers say, despite a state advisory telling people not to take watercraft on the lake due to algae toxins.
