CELINA - Ignoring the constant ringing of the telephone may be the hardest part of the job for new interim fair manager Cara Muhlenkamp.

"The girls

CELINA - Governor's Cup Regatta organizers have unveiled plan B - a nine-hour music festival - for the regatta that was canceled a few weeks ago due to low water levels in Grand Lake. [More]

ST. MARYS - An appeals court on Tuesday denied a request by former optometrist Douglas Wine to dismiss his conviction for sexual imposition.

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CELINA - An estimated $119,000 erosion-control project will get underway soon along Beaver Creek, thanks to funding from Ohio Department of Natural Resources. [More]

ROCKFORD - Village council on Tuesday unanimously passed the final resolution to get a five-year, 2-mill renewal levy for the fire department on the November election ballot.

MINSTER - The end is in sight for the ongoing Fourth Street reconstruction project with paving equipment arriving this week.

Village administrator

For the fourth consecutive year, dog license and kennel registration fees will remain the same.

Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday opted to keep the fees unchanged in 2013. The last time they were raised was 2009. Residents will pay $13 for a dog license and $65 for kennel registration.

VAN WERT - A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in a home invasion, stabbing and kidnapping in March in Van Wert County.

CELINA - Celina Merchant Association members on Tuesday set dates for upcoming events and reviewed the Taste of Celina and Lake Festival.

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ST. MARYS - Traditional home-cooked meals are the mainstay of a new restaurant in St. Marys.

TK's Nuttin' Fancy has opened at 810 S. Wayne St. in the strip shopping center at the corner of Greenville Road.

The 2012 Bremenfest Queen Pageant will be held 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the James F. Dicke Auditorium in New Bremen High School. Tickets are $3.

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If you own a bike, be it of the two-, three- or four-wheel variety, then the Colavita Olive Oil-Zipp Speed Weaponry time trial series welcomes you for a morning of bicycle racing on Aug. 19th at Grand Lake. [More]