Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
CELINA - A police dispatcher recently laid off by city administrators has filed a union grievance against the city.
Serving the city since 2009, full-time dispatcher John Mangen's last official day of work was Wednesday, safety service director Tom Hitchcock told the newspaper.
Special conservation funds available to help combat toxic blue-green algae blooms
Farmers in parts of Mercer and Auglaize counties and all of Van Wert County can apply for $2 million in federal funds to help combat toxic blue-green algae blooms that have plagued western Lake Erie for years, killing fish and hurting water recreation.
As the school bus rumbled into its designated entrance at St. John Arena, Fort Recovery's head boys' basketball coach Al Souder intently gazed out the window toward the mammoth facility situated on the east bank of the Olentangy River.
