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Monday, April 1st, 2013
100 years ago rain, river waters engulfed St. Marys
By Amy Kronenberger
ST. MARYS - This week 100 years ago, residents were cleaning up from the worst recorded flood in Ohio history.
About 10 inches of rain fell over five days in late March 1913. Water swelled over the banks of the Miami-Erie Canal, St. Marys River and Auglaize River, and engulfed much of St. Marys and Wapakoneta. [More]
Obituaries on April 1st, 2013
Melvin E. Luthman, 78, Botkins, died at 10:05 p.m., March 29, 2013, at his home, surrounded by his family. [More]
Marcedis Miller, 82, formerly of Celina, died at 8:20 a.m. March 29, 2013, at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home in Wapakoneta. [More]
William F. Gilberg, 71, New Bremen, died at 2:31 a.m. March 30, 2013, at Elmwood of New Bremen, where he had been a resident for the past three months. [More]
Stanley B. Strukamp, 85, Clayton, died March 20, 2013.
He was born April 28, [More]
Larry Sattler, 62, Celina, died March 31, 2013.
Services are pending at Cisco [More]
Frances L. Kyle, 94, Fort Recovery, died March 30, 2013, at the Village Green, Greenville. [More]
Jerry A. Salyers, 64, Celina, and formerly of Dayton and Fort Recovery, died March 30, 2013, at his home. [More]
Albert Heckler, 91, Celina, died at 6:04 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29, 2013, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
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Primary ballots may be cast in person, by mail
Absentee voting for the May 7 primary election begins Tuesday.
"If you got your mind made up, I think it's a good thing," Deb Sneddon, deputy direc
Lady Tiger Classique Track Meet
VERSAILLES - The reorganizing of the Lady Tiger Classique helped make track's season-opening meet an early preview of the Midwest Athletic Conference meet.
Local Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Ryan Hines and Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater opened the baseball season with a 7-3 loss to Vandalia-Butler on Saturday.
Vandalia-Butler pitcher Scott Larger held the Cavaliers scoreless until the seventh inning when Coldwater scored three runs to avoid the shutout.