The state's collective bargaining law - Senate Bill 5 - was overwhelming axed by voters statewide Tuesday, but local results were quite different. [More]

By AMY KRONENBERGER
and JANIE SOUTHARD
newsdept@dailystandard.com

ST. MARYS - City voters have selected a new mayor.

Republican candidate Patrick McGowan ousted incumbent Greg Freewalt, a Democrat, by 61 votes on Tuesday.

CELINA - Former city safety service director Jeff Hazel was elected mayor of Celina on Tuesday.

Also new to the city administration will be Betty Strawn, who ousted Emily Stewart as city auditor. [More]

By AMY KRONENBERGER,
MARGIE WUEBKER,
BETTY LAWRENCE
and WILLIAM KINCAID

newsdept@dailystandard.com

School board races resulted in a variety of outcomes after votes were tallied Tuesday.

CELINA - The city's income rate will remain 1.5 percent as a proposed ballot ordinance to reduce it was rejected by voters Tuesday.

The issue was d

FORT RECOVERY - Voters in the Fort Recovery school district on Tuesday sided with school officials' proposal to renovate the high school.

They approved a 2.7-mill levy that will generate $3.4 million for the project. [More]

ROCKFORD - The race for the mayor's seat was a tight one.

Unofficial results show incumbent Mayor Amy Joseph defeating challenger Robert King by only three votes. A mandatory recount will not be known until provisional ballots are counted.

MINSTER -  Voters in the Minster school district continued a tradition on Tuesday, handily renewing an .8 mill permanent improvement levy.

Unofficia

COLDWATER - Board members on Tuesday approved placing a new operating levy on the March primary ballot.

Treasurer Sherry Shaffer was to submit the resolution today to the Mercer County Auditor's office to certify the exact millage, which the board is expecting to be 4.22 mills.

WAPAKONETA - Perform daily feet checks.

That was the advice given Tuesday by Auglaize County Medical Director Dr. Juan Torres while discussing the complications of diabetes.

By MARGIE WUEBKER
and BETTY LAWRENCE

newsdept@dailystandard.com

Two council seats were up for grabs Tuesday in Minster and Coldwater, with each having three contenders.

MARIA STEIN - A Marion community business is seeking a revolving loan from the county to purchase the lot and buildings it now leases.

Mercer Count

Two Fort Recovery women were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 2:04 p.m. Tuesday near Ansonia in Darke County.

Casandra Gale, 41, was listed in fai

A Celina woman escaped her burning home today after she was awakened by a smoke alarm.

Cora Williams, 607 Hoying St., was awakened shortly before 3:20 a.m. to the sound of the alarm and fled through a back door after smelling smoke.

ROCKFORD - A local woman has opened a new shop offering spa packages and selling merchandise.

Cosmetologist Tara Branstetter, who was born and raised in Rockford, opened Vanity Kept this year inside the Magic Mirror Styling Salon at 147 S. Main St.

Cami Lefeld and Kylie (Elking) Huelsman know the feeling of winning a state volleyball championship from their playing days at St. Henry.

They can root for the Redskins now, but earlier in the season, both Lefeld and Huelsman were trying to get a win against St. Henry.

Four years into his new head-coaching gig at Minster High School in 2001, Rick Carter was on a roll as he had methodically increased the Wildcats' win total in each of his first three seasons.