Friday, November 19th, 2010
West Bank spillway
By Nancy Allen
The state has been ordered to pay a farmer almost $241,000 more in compensation following a trial in Mercer County Common Pleas Court concerning flooding caused by the West Bank spillway on Grand Lake.
A Mercer County jury recently decided the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) owed Richard and Trish Baucher $240,873 for flooding that damaged their farmland. That's in addition to $82,499 the state already paid the couple after they and four other farmers won a lawsuit in May 2005. [More]
Betty Feliciano steps up to be Grand Lake general manager
By Ryan Hines
When Betty Feliciano was a young girl, she remembers playing baseball with her brothers in the backyard.
While her brothers went on to play baseball in high school, Betty's love of baseball was put on the backburner as athletic opportunities for young women were not available at the time. [More]
Obituaries on November 19th, 2010
Ramona Moore, 77, St. Marys, died at 10:38 a.m. Nov. 18, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
The Rev. Gerold Koller, 87, died at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 18, 2010, at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. [More]
Edna E. Kerns, 93, Van Wert, died at 2:15 p.m. Nov. 17, 2010, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. [More]
Walter Gene Baker, 78, Rockford, died at 12:30 a.m. Nov. 18, 2010, at his home. [More]
Former Coldwater resident Steve Brunswick, Dayton, died Nov. 18, 2010.
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Norbert B. Gerlach, 86, St. Henry, died Nov. 18, 2010, at Briarwood Village in [More]
Local pictures on November 19th, 2010
Subscriber stories on November 19th, 2010
CELINA - Several teachers likely will lose their jobs as school officials seek to cut $1 million from the budget before the beginning of next school year.
CELINA - Three days of classes at the Mercer County Head Start program will be canceled in December because of budget constraints.
Board members fo
Popping pills
Persuasive patients and eager-to-please doctors have opened the door to a host of antibiotic resistant illnesses.
The increasing overuse of prescription medications has led to the emergence of bacteria that is more difficult to treat.
Plans call for moving veteran monument to bigger, quieter spot
CELINA - The Mercer County Veterans Memorial near the busy intersection of South Main and West Logan streets in Celina will be moved next year to Lakeshore Park.
Precious Blood's deceased remembered
MINSTER - A new memorial marker in St. Augustine's Cemetery honors the sisters and missionaries of the Precious Blood buried there. One of the first
ST. MARYS - The choice for Erika Thornsberry wasn't just what college to attend, but what sport to play.
Turned out, basketball was her choice.
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All-Northwest District Football Honors
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Grand Lake area had a strong contingent of representatives on the Associated Press all-northwest district football team released on Thursday evening.
Both Mandy Diller and Jenny Fledderjohann have molded their lives around everything volleyball.
Whether it was the grunt work which came during th