Frost Advisory issued April 25 at 9:33PM EDT until April 26 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.
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.