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Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Local man with Legionnaires' disease dies
Victim was one of two workers at AAP with the illness
By Shelley Grieshop
GRAND LAKE AREA - A 37-year-old St. Marys man - one of two local residents recently diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease - died nearly two weeks ago.
A state official on Wednesday confirmed that both victims, including the survivor who resides in Mercer County, worked at AAP in St. Marys. The factory, which manufactures aluminum automotive wheels, is being investigated as the source of the illness but its more than 400 employees reportedly are not at risk. [More]
Dillon leads final 62 laps to earn win at Eldora
Mudsummer Classic
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - Last October when NASCAR and Eldora Speedway held the first testing session at the track to see if the Camping World Truck Series could compete on the one-half mile, dirt oval, Austin Dillon was involved.
On Wednesday night Dillon, the grandson of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car owner Richard Childress, took the lead from Kyle Larson on lap 88 and held off Larson and Ryan Newman the remaining laps to capture the inaugural CarCash Mudsummer Classic presented by CNBC and The Profit. [More]
Obituaries on July 25th, 2013
Maurice Grieshop
Maurice J. Grieshop, 82, Fort Recovery, died July 24, 2013, at Kettering Medical Center, Kettering. [More]
George Campbell
George Raymond Campbell, 85, of Medway, passed away July 23, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Dayton. [More]
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New club for bearded, moustached to march in Lake Festival parade
CELINA - What started in March as a running joke among three local friends has matured into a 30-member nonprofit social club that aims to support local charities, patronize area businesses and, of course, encourage unprecedented growth of beards and mustaches.
YMCA solar field plan gets scrapped
CELINA - Plans to create a solar field at the Auglaize Mercer Counties YMCA North Branch have been scrapped, according to local YMCA CEO Allan Baskett.
Tabfest going out with a big bang this weekend
Organizers have raised more than $40,000 for charity
MENDON - If you've never been to the charity-driven Tabfest, this weekend will be the last chance you'll ever have to enjoy the laid-back local music festival nestled in the bucolic, 22-acre setting of the Mendon Speedway at Grand Lake Motorcycle Club.
Years later, Ian Anderson still 'Thick as a Brick'
INDIANAPOLIS - Do the wise men yet know how it feels to be thick as a brick?
Forty years after its release, Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" is as musically and lyrically confounding as ever - the blue whale of over-the-top, mammoth progressive rock epics.
Coldwater edges Bellefontaine
ACME State Tournament: Cavaliers one of three remaining teams in the tourney
COLDWATER - After surrendering an early 2-0 lead, Coldwater scored single runs in the third and fourth innings en route to defeating Bellefontaine 4-2 in an elimination game on Wednesday in the ACME state tournament at Veterans Field.
Mariners split two against the Scouts
Compiled by Ryan Hines
The Grand Lake Mariners are within a 1/2 game of fourth place in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League standings after splitting a doubleheader at Xenia on Wednesday.
Local swimmers headed north for Junior Olympics
GRAND LAKE - Auglaize and Mercer County will be well represented in the pool at Canham Natatorium on the campus of the University of Michigan this weekend.
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