FORT RECOVERY - Village planning commission member Lorri Kaup wants to keep downtown Fort Recovery vital and has proposed the village hire a part-time employee to seek grants to revitalize buildings.

Whether tucking an orange into a shoe or hooking a candy cane into a stocking, the tradition of St. Nick varies for many families in the Grand Lake area. [More]

ST. MARYS - City residents likely will soon see a water rate increase.

Council's water and wastewater committee on Monday reviewed a recently completed study that recommends a 34 percent increase in two phases.

Some people send home postcards while traveling abroad. Brad Nerderman, a corrections officer at the Mercer County Detention Center, brought home something patriotic.

ST. MARYS - After being delayed several years, High Street and its bridges are set to be reconstructed next year.

St. Marys engineer Craig Moeller

FORT RECOVERY - Village council members on Monday night unanimously approved final reading of an ordinance to allow golf carts to be driven on all roads within the corporation limits.

ROCKFORD - Kevin Browning knows there is interest for wrestling in the Parkway community.

All he has to do is help sustain it.

The Parkway Wrestling Club, with Browning as coach, will make its debut this season with a modest group of grapplers after the school okayed the endeavor.

COLDWATER - Tri Star horticulture instructor and FFA adviser Denny Riethman at Coldwater schools was named one of six top agriculture educators in the nation last week by the National Association of Agricultural Educators. [More]

Mercer County farmers in the Hickory Branch Watershed have until Dec. 21 to apply for federal conservation funds to install conservation practices designed to lessen nutrient runoff from their land.