CELINA - Local officials on Tuesday were given the green light to expand the OSU Extension staff to assist its efforts toward Grand Lake's woes.
In a phone conference Tuesday with OSU regional director Stephen Wright, Mercer County Commissioners were told to proceed with a plan to privately raise funds to subsidize the salaries of three OSU Extension positions. [More]
ST. MARYS - School board members moved forward with plans to build a new football stadium and athletic complex at a cost of $221,260.
How the school will pay for the project has not yet been decided.
Board members on Tuesday voted to hire the recreational athletic design firm MSA Sport to design the facility. Board member Aaron Braun cast the lone dissenting vote on the hire. [More]
Site of possible plant taking manure remains unknown
CELINA - Green energy is once again on the table as city council members on Tuesday night were presented with a preliminary contract to purchase energy from a proposed manure digester.
NEW BREMEN - A 17-year-old New Bremen girl was listed in fair condition this morning at a Lima hospital after her car struck a tree on New Bremen-New Knoxville Road on Tuesday night.
VAN WERT - For those who feel enormous pressure to produce the perfect Thanksgiving bird for the holiday table, take heart. The solution is in sight and it comes from an area artist who absolutely knows the difference between form and fowl as well as the link between the two.
