Youngsters try for prizes at kids' activities
CELINA - Up, up and ... oops, another quick beeline to the floor.
Six-year-old Bridget Fullenkamp couldn't quite get hang time on her carefully folded paper airplane. Then almost without effort, she let go and watched it sail a lofty five feet before gliding to the pavement.
Coldwater lunches
COLDWATER - Coldwater schools' food services director called new USDA food guidelines "the most sweeping" in her 14-year career.
Lynn Rinderle told [
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CELINA - Simplifying governmental regulations is the top issue for local business operators, U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, said he learned while touring a handful of area businesses Tuesday.
ST. HENRY - Officials on Monday said passage of a 1/2 percent income tax increase in November would help pay for a third pump at the village's wastewater lift station.
WAPAKONETA - Health officials are awaiting results from tests taken two weeks ago on hogs at the Auglaize County Fair as swine flu cases continue to rise in Ohio.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday finalized a $100,000 revolving loan to Romer Westlake Villas LLC for a business expansion project.
ROCKFORD - The football field soon will be getting new lights.
School board members on Tuesday hired Bender Electrical Company, St. Henry, for no m [
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Celina Law director George Moore announced this morning no charges will be filed against Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Fortkamp in regard to the death of K-9 deputy Zak.
MARIA STEIN - Board of education members Monday night reviewed goals for the upcoming school year.
New formative instructional practices, developin
NEW BREMEN - Mayor Jeff Pape has lifted a water advisory issued in July due to drought conditions.
Pape told village council members meeting Tuesday that lifting the advisory comes after recent rainfall.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members Tuesday night approved the purchase of an adjacent property that may be used for future parking space.
The pro
MINSTER - The Southwestern Auglaize County Chamber of Commerce launched its first Cash Mob event Aug. 8 at two local businesses - Wagner's IGA and the Wooden Shoe Inn. [
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Compiled by Ryan Hines and Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway's teammates Jordan Bollenbacher and Brian Schatzer dueled for the medalist honors while helping the Panthers pick up the Mercer County Boys' Golf Tournament title on Tuesday at the Mercer County Elks.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Look Yankee set a track-record time to capture one of the two heats of the Signature Series Grand Lake Pace as the Mercer County Fair's harness racing program concluded on Chamber of Commerce Night.
Lefeld Implement Classic
COLDWATER - Going into his fifth year of setting up the Lefeld Implement Classic bowling tournament, Rick Hartings is finding things have become a lot easier.
