MONTEZUMA - The county began discharging treated water from the Montezuma Club Island wastewater treatment plant two months earlier than usual this year due to excessive rain in the spring.

COLDWATER - Three men are vying for two open seats on Coldwater Village Council in next week's general election.

Incumbent Doug Bertke is seeking his third term, and newcomers are Gary Klosterman and Richard Branch. Councilman Rob Fisher is retiring.

FORT RECOVERY - School district voters will see a 2.7-mill levy on next week's general election ballot that would generate $3.4 million for a high school renovation project.

CELINA - The city's electric department superintendent wants to hire a new lineman so other personnel can concentrate on more pressing issues.

Jeff Severns discussed the need for an additional employee on Monday night as council reviewed the department's budget for 2012.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen Village Council plans to apply for a zero interest loan to finance sanitary sewer improvements along an alley between South Monroe and South Franklin streets.

A 64-year-old St. Marys woman was injured after she fell asleep and lost control of her SUV on Moulton-Fort Amanda Road in Auglaize County at 4:58 p.m. Oct. 26.

Eleven local FFA chapters participated in an event that helped them raise money, connect with local agricultural communities and invest in their futures.

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The Lima Bath boys' soccer team won the Western Buckeye League title for the first time in school history and head coach Jerry Windegardner was named the Coach of the Year after the Wildcats were the only league unbeaten.

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The Shawnee girls' soccer team went unbeaten on the way to their first-ever Western Buckeye League title and the Indians were rewarded by sweeping the two biggest awards the league has to offer.

COLUMBUS - How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the eighth weekly Associated Press poll of 2