State park discount increasing usage at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park
GRAND LAKE - Discounts at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park campground are enticing visitors, but park officials predict the campground still won't be full Labor Day weekend.
Mercer County commissioners this week penned an agreement with a Columbus Grove company for a ditch project west of Celina.
Gerding Ditching was ch
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Schools board of education will meet in a special session Friday to formally accept the resignation of Superintendent Carl Metzger and name an interim superintendent. The session begins at 6:30 p.m. in the board room at the elementary/middle school.
Former Celina resident owns music business and teaches in the Big Apple
CELINA - Multi-instrumentalist, instructor and producer Michele Temple of New York City said although musicians can probably make a living anywhere, the Big Apple is the place to be for opportunity.
COLUMBUS (AP) - Second-ranked Ohio State will be led by six captains this season for only the second time in 121 seasons of playing football.
And one of those captains is from the Grand Lake area.
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Parkway picked up its first win of the Midwest Athletic Conference boys golf season with a 154-177 triumph over Delphos St. John's on Wednesday at Deerfield.
CELINA - It takes talent and a winning attitude to build a successful football program at the high school level.
While the talent appears to be a little better, developing a winning attitude is still a concern as the Celina football team enters the 10th season since their last winning campaign.
COLDWATER - As the Coldwater football team gets ready for 2010, there are some significant changes.
The most notable of these is the death of long-time coach John Reed in May after battling cancer.
FORT RECOVERY - While preparing for the 2010 football season, Fort Recovery head coach Brent Niekamp knows that he has several big gaps to fill.
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MARIA STEIN - Last year's edition of the Marion Local Flyers suffered through a subpar regular season but squeaked into the playoffs and then made plenty of noise.
MINSTER - For the third time in the past decade, the Minster football season will commence with a new head coach.
Hopeful optimism is flourishing
NEW BREMEN - Rob Messick admitted he had a few sleepless nights wondering how New Bremen was going to replace the offensive firepower departed via graduation from last year.
ROCKFORD - There has been plenty of talent the last two seasons for the Parkway football team.
Keeping them healthy has been the big issue for coach Ed Kuhn, who will be starting his fifth year as head coach at his alma mater.
ST. HENRY - Jeff Starkey's St. Henry Redskins have their work cut out for them as they attempt to build on a 9-4 campaign from a year ago with new faces scattered over the offense and defense.
ST. MARYS - Last year was a transition year for the St. Marys football program as the Roughriders finished the season 5-5 under first-year head coach Mark Hollars.
CELINA - Saying that the Celina volleyball team has had a stranglehold on the Western Buckeye League is an understatement.
Not only are the Bulldogs the two-time defending WBL champions, but the Green and White have not even lost one game in a match over the last two years in league play.
COLDWATER - After coaching on the junior varsity level the past several years, Mike Etzler will take over a Coldwater varsity volleyball program that has a lot of youth.
FORT RECOVERY - After making it to the district tournament for the first time in 15 years last season, Fort Recovery's goal is to repeat the feat.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local volleyball coach Amy Steininger enters her eighth season at the helm of the Flyers, and once again her squad's got a tough act to follow.
MINSTER - Over the past few years, the Minster volleyball program has morphed into a legitimate contender that could consistently compete for the Midwest Athletic Conference championship.
NEW BREMEN - As she inherits a team that went from Midwest Athletic Conference champions to winless in the conference in a span of two years, Theresa (Dwenger) Jenkins has hope for this season.
ROCKFORD - Parkway volleyball coach Jeff Marbaugh has plenty of experience back from last year's district runner-up squad that went 18-7.
Seven letterwinners return with experience at all positions on the floor.
ST. HENRY - Since the St. Henry volleyball program was born in the mid-1970s, only two head coaches have paced the sidelines for the Redskins.
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ST. MARYS - It is certainly a happy time of year for St. Marys volleyball head coach Tricia Rosenbeck.
Not only is Rosenbeck expecting a child within the next few weeks, but the Roughriders' mentor also believes that this might be the best team she has had while coaching at St. Marys.
