GRAND LAKE - Ohio Department of Health (ODH) officials say it's likely that toxins in Grand Lake sickened a fisherman in May.

It is the only illnes [More]

WAPAKONETA - New Bremen Local School Superintendent Ann Harvey has been tapped for the position of superintendent of the Auglaize County Educational Service Center.

WAPAKONETA - A new initiative has county officials working to cut costs by sharing services between commissioners, township trustees and school districts. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - School treasurer Lori Koch this week was given a five-year contract, effective Aug. 1, 2012, to July 31, 2017.

Board of education members on Tuesday night unanimously approved the move. Board president Dave Hull said the contract's length is standard.

NEW BREMEN - With an Oct. 1 deadline looming, New Bremen Village Council learned Tuesday night that medical insurance premiums will increase dramatically. [More]

GRAND LAKE - Beaver trapping will be allowed on portions of Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Dec. 26 through Feb. 29.

People wanting to trap must fi

A tearful Coldwater woman was sentenced to community control sanctions Wednesday morning in Mercer County Common Pleas Court in a case stemming from the death of her handicapped son.

ST. MARYS - The new director of Arts Place, the Collective Center is no stranger to local arts or to volunteering.

Hope McKnight has been a volunte

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Nearly two weeks after being one of the final cuts for the Minnesota Vikings, Ross Homan will be heading to a warmer climate.

Having completed the second week of league play for the Western Buckeye League and the first week for the Midwest Athletic Conference, it is starting to become a little clearer to pick out the top teams in each league.

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St. Henry picked up a Midwest Athletic Conference boys' golf win over Parkway on Wednesday as the Redskins edged the Panthers 177-181 at The Mercer County Elks.

An inability to stop opponents from running the football has been a major problem for Celina in its 0-3 start to the season.

The Bulldogs will drop

The past seven days have been overwhelmingly nostalgic for quite a few former Coldwater Cavaliers' football players.

Last Friday evening, several teammates from the 1961 football season drifted back 50 years on the cloud of extremely special memories.

Impact Game of the Week- Marion Local at Minster:

Already an anticpated matchup because of the closeness of the schools along Ohio 119, last year's