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Freeze Warning issued April 25 at 3:32AM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

Celina city workers are shown several weeks ago working near the Celina Rotary lighthouse on a pilot project involving silica. Water quality experts hope the silica - and another test project to begin next week involving the use of aluminum sulfate - will reduce the blue-green algae problem in Grand Lake.

Related online story:

Early study: alum won't work

GRAND LAKE - A recent recommendation to use aluminum sulfate (alum) to fight Grand Lake's blue-green algae problem was nixed 30 years ago by environmental experts. [More]

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