GRAND LAKE - The state will refund dock fees and give discounts for camping and shelter house rental around Grand Lake to help area businesses and individuals affected by the lake's condition. [More]

CELINA - Goats rule.

They're lively and loud and in record numbers at this year's Mercer County Fair.

"There's a 25 percent increase in goats this year," said Cheryl McKirnan, coordinator of the junior fair. [More]

Local ag officials hope to get additional funding through a Lake Erie conservation program that could be one more step in helping Grand Lake's toxic algae problem.

WAPAKONETA - Plenty of area moms choose to breast-feed their infants, but health officials wish even more would consider the option.

Cindy McFarlan

ST. MARYS - Most of St. Marys Rotary members are drug users, according to the county DARE officer who explained the correct definition at the club's weekly lunch meeting Wednesday.

ROCKFORD - A 19-year-old Rockford man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to stealing concert tickets and cash at a party in Van Wert on July 11.

Kelcey L

OHIO CITY - A former Coldwater man pleaded guilty this week to charges he had sex with a minor.

Gary E. Coats, 28, who now resides in Ohio City, offered the plea Wednesday in Van Wert Common Pleas Court to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a third-degree felony.

Several local issues will be on the November general election ballot in both Mercer and Auglaize counties.

The following issues were presented to the local boards of elections, though official voting language still must be confirmed by the secretary of state.

WAPAKONETA - Droves of fans and community members packed The Wapa Theatre on Wednesday night to support local dancer Kent Boyd during the final perfo

NEW WESTON - The 19th New Weston Community Picnic will have a new feature this year, according to organizers.

"We're letting flea markets set up,"

CELINA - Doug, Austin and Tristen Breymaier will have a rare opportunity to compete in a motocross event close to home.

That is, if you don't count the practice they do on the track they have at their house.