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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
City hires P.R. help
Consultant will assist Celina officials to better communicate finances
By William Kincaid
CELINA - City officials need to report financial information more often and in a way that makes sense of the whole picture, Robin Elston, a consultant from Celina, told council members.
Elston was hired by the city for $8,700 to help council members and administrators communicate the reasons why the city had a $1.124 million general fund carryover this year and why it needs the recently approved income tax increase. [More]
Commissioners discuss wind turbine terms
Auglaize County
By Amy Kronenberger
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Commissioners are trying to get informed about wind turbines after learning wind energy companies are talking to residents.
On Tuesday, John Leutz, a senior policy analyst for the County Commissioners Association of Ohio, presented commissioners and school officials with details regarding tax breaks and incentives for constructing wind turbines, while warning of the problems turbines could create. [More]
Obituaries on February 17th, 2011
Oscar Kress
Oscar "Skip" Kress, 67, of Celina and formerly of Dayton, died Feb. 15, 2011, at his home in Celina. [More]
Mildred Dues
Mildred M. Dues, 89, Philothea, died at 8 p.m. Feb. 16, 2011, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on February 17th, 2011
Subscriber stories on February 17th, 2011
Hunt on for lake project money
GRAND LAKE - Officials in Mercer and Auglaize counties must seek creative funding solutions to finance restoration projects for Grand Lake.
That wa
Budget explained
CELINA - The city's $1.124 million general fund carryover was good and bad news, consultant Robin Elston says.
Elston met with council members on W
Celina likely to get cited over sludge application
Farmer that spread material did not follow requirement
The city of Celina likely will get a notice of violation letter from the EPA after treated sludge from its wastewater treatment plant was improperly applied to a snow-covered field at Monroe and Meyer roads this week.
10-year anniversary
Sept. 11 survivor to tell of experience
Few people desire to relive the most unpleasant day of their life.
So why has 9/11 survivor Joe Dittmar criss-crossed the U.S. the past 10 years sh
Burkettsville man guilty of attempted felonious assault
A 27-year-old Burkettsville man was found guilty in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday afternoon after pleading no contest to attempted felonious assault stemming from a fight that resulted in injuries to a Coldwater woman.
Grant received to help buy fire truck
CHICKASAW - Fire chief Mark Seitz believes there is truth in the adage, "third time's a charm" at least where the Chickasaw Community Mutual Fire Department is concerned.
Phone lines, all service back in operation
The accidental cutting of a fiber optic line in the Bryan area led to a five-hour disruption in Mercer County 911 and cell phone service.
Frontier
Gallery added to Wassenberg Art Center fifty years ago
VAN WERT - This month marks the 50th anniversary of Wassenberg Art Center's main gallery addition. The entire center was born in the early 1950s through the goodwill of Charles Wassenberg.
Bulldogs must remain focused on philosophy of one game at a time
Most Celina fans have Feb. 25th circled on their calendars as the Bulldogs will host Ottawa-Glandorf in what could be a winner-take-all game for the Western Buckeye League boys' basketball championship.
Strong work ethic was the key for Hunziker
Last Curtain Call
It was the early 1980s and like every other evening, the sun quietly descended in the distance west of Willshire. Despite every other kid having already scattered for home, 12-year-old Joy Hunziker stuck around the well-worn playground and dribbled her basketball.
Grand Lake Hoop-la
The Four Corners
Four area games of interest this weekend

TONIGHT
Girls Basketball
St. Marys at Shawnee
The Roughriders clinched their first Western Buckeye
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