Special Weather Statement issued March 16 at 11:52PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Scattered snow showers occurring across the area will slowly diminish through the overnight hours. These snow showers will continue to cause brief reductions in visibility. In addition, the snow showers could produce a light coating of snow on roadways. This will result in the potential for some slick spots to develop. Motorists should be prepared for changing conditions overnight and exercise extra caution.
State, federal personnel coming to Grand Lake watershed to help farmers
By Nancy Allen
The state is pushing area ag producers to develop a land management plan and change their manure application process by 2012 and more personnel are coming to help with the process.
Four more staff will be coming to help Grand Lake watershed farmers improve manure management in an effort to stem the flow of nutrients feeding Grand Lake's toxic blue-green algae. A fifth started a few weeks ago. [More]
Alvira "Vera" B. Wuebker, 87, Versailles, formerly of Fort Loramie, died Aug. 5, 2010, at the Versailles Health Care Center, where she had resided since May. [More]
One drops, other at highest level since testing began
GRAND LAKE - Levels of anatoxin-a, a neurotoxin being produced by a species of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in Grand Lake, are the highest they've been since testing for the toxin began in mid-June, according to the Ohio EPA.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced legislation that would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to states to use the latest science to sample and test water quality and to alert the public to harmful algal blooms, like the cyanobacteria in Grand Lake.
2nd public meeting nears on property transfer charge
MERCER COUNTY - A second public hearing is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday to discuss an increase in the county's property transfer fee to financially boost the economic development office.
