Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes shared services are a means for improving the state's education system. However, three local superintendents don't think area school districts will consolidate anytime soon.

Five Mercer County schools have been recognized as the most efficient in the state in providing non-instructional services.

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GRAND LAKE - The mud is flying along West Bank Road.

The Eagle - a traveling unit in the statewide dredging program - this week began pumping muck from Coldwater Creek into a new spoil site along West Bank Road.

Two livestock farms in Mercer County have been issued violation notices after manure from their operations polluted state waters in February during a large snow melt.

Employees at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park have received the state park system's Gazelle Award for their response to last year's toxic blue-green algae blooms on the lake.

MONTEZUMA - County officials are seeking funds to construct a fourth lagoon at the Montezuma Club Island wastewater treatment plant.

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VAN WERT - The nasty weather held off at Van Wert High School on Friday and Celina's boys track team was grateful.

The Bulldogs captured their first Western Buckeye League title since 1997 after scoring 91 points, 27 more than runner-up Ottawa-Glandorf. [More]

MINSTER - Last year, the final event of the Midwest Athletic Conference Track Meet saw a tense race with the Minster, Versailles and New Bremen boys 4x400-meter relay teams finishing neck-and-neck and all breaking the old MAC record.

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Bryce Bedwell scored the game-winning run on a wild play in the bottom of the seventh as Parkway knocked another team from a share of the MAC baseball lead in beating Versailles 4-3 on Friday at Don Black Field.