COLDWATER - Long-time school treasurer Sherry Shaffer announced her retirement at Tuesday's school board meeting.

"My husband, Gary, and I like to

ST. MARYS - A five-day jury trial is slated in October for a local optometrist who faces multiple rape charges involving a woman and a child.

Dougl

MINSTER - Minster Local Schools officials will open two buildings instead of three for the upcoming year.

Board of education members decided in December to close the three-story elementary building along North Hanover Street to save $320,000. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Council members Tuesday night unanimously approved a lease agreement with Don Isern for the drilling of a test well on his Amsterdam Road property.

Fees for dog licenses and kennel fees will not rise in 2012.

Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution to continue charging residents $13 for a dog license and $65 for kennel registration.

COLDWATER - The district again will receive the 21st Century Grant that funds the afterschool program.

"We didn't know for a long time if we were g

NEW BREMEN - A Dayton man suspected of selling cocaine in New Bremen was arrested Monday night after a four-mile pursuit by officers.

Tyrone Eugene [More]

ST. MARYS - A new store in St. Marys is helping shoppers pinch their pennies when hunting for clothes and household goods.

Michelle Murphy of St. M

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The Fox's Den in Celina hosted its first major golf tournament of the high school fall sports season on Tuesday with the Celina Girls' Invitational.