GRAND LAKE - Algae toxin levels in Grand Lake have dropped substantially, and a water quality advisory for Lake Loramie has been lifted after two consecutive weeks of good results, the Ohio EPA says. [More]

CELINA - Council members on Monday night passed the second reading of an ordinance to purchase 2.75 acres of land, costing $75,000, for the city's wastewater treatment plant.

CELINA - The city of Celina likely will have to comply with Ohio EPA's timeline for reducing the wastewater treatment plant's phosphorous discharge into Beaver Creek. The deadline is Dec. 1, 2011.

COLDWATER - Lights, check. Turn signals, check. Tires, kicked. Windows, cleaned.

Coldwater schools bus driver Kenny Siefring inspected his 84-pass [More]

MARIA STEIN -Superintendent Carl Metzger is leaving Marion Local Schools in September to become assistant superintendent of the sixth largest school district in the state.

ST. MARYS - Another eleventh hour plea to save the old junior high school was presented Monday night. This time city council members heard the appeal

GREENVILLE - Authorities believe a 12-year-old Versailles boy died of natural causes while visiting the Darke County Fair on Friday night.

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VAN WERT - A 20-year-old Van Wert man was sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison for threatening to harm a judge, prosecuting attorney and other court officials.

COLDWATER - The owner of dilapidated property on West Main Street in Coldwater has said she will clean up her property by Sept. 13 to be compliant with the village zoning ordinance.

ST. HENRY - Officials Monday night agreed to replace the village's aging portable radios with cell phones.

St. Henry Village Administrator Don Hess

Mercer County had Ohio's fourth lowest unemployment rate in July, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham escaped injury in a pair of accidents last week in the Celina area. The Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports indicated he was suffering from a medical problem at the time.

FORT RECOVERY - The Coldwater Cavaliers might have found a new favorite course to run.

The Mercer County cross country meet made its way to Ambassador Park in Fort Recovery, a course that had not been run in years. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Mackenzie Rutschilling's free kick less than five minutes into the match held up for the duration as the Celina Bulldogs opened the girls soccer season with a 1-0 win over the Findlay Trojans on Monday night at Graham Soccer Stadium in Findlay.

A nutrient management field day will be 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Jeff and Alan Wuebker farm, 11637 Versailles-Yorkshire Road, just northwest of Versailles.