Increases could total three percent second, third year
By William Kincaid
CELINA - City union employees will not receive a raise the first year of a new three-year contract if approved by city council.
The contract would give a 1 percent salary increase the second year and a 2 percent increase the third year.
Council members unanimously approved first reading of four ordinances that would provide new contracts for the unions representing the firefighters, municipal employees, police and city dispatchers. [More]
The Auglaize County Sheriff's office is investigating a rash of thefts from outbuildings in the rural New Bremen and Minster area.
Deputies on Sunday morning responded to six reports of thefts from outbuildings on Bensman and East Shelby roads in the southern portion of the county. [More]
COLDWATER - Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee visited Mercer County Community Hospital on Monday to discuss an ongoing partnership as part of his annual summer tour across the state.
"There is great power in partnership," Gee said. "I am grateful to be here."
The Coldwater hospital is one of six hospitals in the Ohio State Health Network. [More]
Former Celina resident Patricia Ann Freeman, 81, of Viera, Fla., and Miami, Fla., died at 9:15 a.m. June 22, 2011, at Wuesthoff Hospice, Rockledge, Fla. [More]
ST. HENRY - Residents of the Balcony Avenue cul-de-sac in St. Henry voiced their displeasure Monday evening with village council's plan to install sidewalks on their street.
CELINA - Most of Main Street should open Wednesday, just in time for the holiday weekend.
Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan gave council members an update on the $3.2 million reconstruction project during the regular council meeting Monday.
ST. MARYS - The city's electric power soon will be supplemented with natural gas-fueled power.
Council members on Monday approved a 35-year contract with American Municipal Power (AMP) to purchase 8 megawatts of power from a natural gas-run power plant in Fremont, Ill.
COLDWATER - Council members approved legislation Monday evening that increases the Coldwater Fire Department from 22 to 25 members and provides the department $19,000 per year.
MINSTER - Great strides in the area of technology are taking place at Minster schools, according to a report presented to the board of education Monday night.
MARIA STEIN - An 8-year-old Maria Stein boy is listed in good condition at a Columbus hospital after being struck by a vehicle near his home at 2:01 p.m. Sunday.
