CELINA - Casad Company, Inc. is expected to add 59 full-time positions in Celina as part of an expansion project that will see the business inshoring production from China.
NEW WESTON - Darke County dairy farmer Terry Stammen said his 280 milking cows are comfortable because they have waterbeds. No joke.
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City officials project $2.6 million carryover
CELINA - The city is on course to end 2013 with a general fund carryover of $2.6 million if revenue collections and expenditures continue at their current pace.
NEW BREMEN - Council members Tuesday night unanimously approved the lease of former Lions Club Park property to Crown Equipment Corporation as part of a proposed parking lot expansion. The 99-year lease carries a token payment of $1 per year.
WAPAKONETA - Construction of the new dog pound in Auglaize County is underway.
The new, 26-pen shelter is on schedule to be completed by the end
Carr scores equalizer in second half
CELINA - A young Celina girls soccer team that features just two seniors showed a lot of maturity as they rallied from 1-0 halftime deficit to post a well-earned 1-1 draw against Western Buckeye League preseason favorite Bath on Tuesday in Celina.
Local Roundup
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Marion Local's volleyball team dropped the first game to Lehman but stormed back to win the next three games to stay unbeaten on the season after a four-game win in a matchup of perennial Division IV powers on Tuesday night at The Hangar.
ST. HENRY - West Ohio Tool & Manufacturing recently received a $75,000 low-interest loan from Midwest Electric's Revolving Loan Fund. The loan will partially offset the cost of an expansion to the WOTM facility at 3965 Lange Road, just south of St. Henry.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers have won consecutive state football championships on three separate occasions, including their last two titles
CELINA - Jared Rolfes helped build a solid foundation and it's up to Trent Temple to take Celina's football program to the next level.
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COLDWATER - The old saying "Can't tell the players without a scorecard" rings true for the Coldwater football team this season.
After winning the Division V state championship last December, Cavaliers head coach Chip Otten has just four starters and 14 letterwinners returning for this season.
FORT RECOVERY - With a solid group of veteran athletes returning this season, Fort Recovery football coach Brent Niekamp is optimistic that his Indians can improve upon last year's 3-7 record.
MARIA STEIN - Despite the fact that the Marion Local Flyers are two-time defending state football champions and have a host of contributors returning from last season, it has been business as usual in Maria Stein as far as the preseason goes.
MINSTER - For the past three seasons Minster's football team has methodically scaled up the Midwest Athletic Conference standings under the tutelage of head coach Nate Moore.
NEW BREMEN - With the offseason work completed and the preseason wrapping up, New Bremen's second-year football coach Jason McGaharan has recognized
ROCKFORD - The most valuable members of the Parkway football program the past several seasons have been the trainers, as the Panthers have been decimated with injuries that have forced head coach Dan Cairns to play a number of younger players earlier than he had originally hoped.
ST. HENRY - For the first time in a decade and for only the second time in more than 30 years, the St. Henry football program will welcome a new face to the sidelines this fall as Brad Luthman replaces Jeff Starkey, who guided the program to a record of 72-44 since 2003.
ST. MARYS - Last season was a football campaign that St. Marys Roughrider coaches, fans and players would like to bury deep in their memories and never dredge up again.
CELINA - After last year's third-place finish snapped a four-year run of Western Buckeye League championships for Celina's volleyball team, second-year head coach Amy Sutter feels her team is ready to make a run at the top spot this season.
COLDWATER - After their best season in 20 years, the Coldwater volleyball team is determined to make sure it's not another 20 years before the next great run.
FORT RECOVERY - Last year was a learning experience for the Fort Recovery volleyball team as Kylie Huelsman had a young squad that improved throughout the season before finishing with a 9-15 record.
MARIA STEIN - Just nine months after earning their fourth state volleyball championship trophy last November, the Marion Local Flyers are back to defend their Division IV title with a senior-laden squad.
MINSTER - Following a 12-10 overall mark and a losing record in the Midwest Athletic Conference last year, Minster volleyball coach Cami Lefeld feels that her Wildcats are ready to improve upon both of those marks this season.
NEW BREMEN - Theresa Jenkins is in the third year of trying to rebuild the New Bremen volleyball program and it has been a slow but steady process.
ROCKFORD - Parkway's volleyball team is in need of major contributions from a trio of returning letter winners to help guide a young team that is striving to improve upon last year's 8-15 overall record that included just one win in Midwest Athletic Conference play.
ST. HENRY - As Diana Kramer enters her fourth season in command of St. Henry's volleyball program, she will need to acquaint herself with a virtually brand-new lineup on the floor.
ST. MARYS - Following nearly 10 years away from being a head coach at the varsity level, Monica VanderHorst returns to the St. Marys sidelines this fall in hopes of breathing new life into the Roughriders' volleyball program that she guided to the state tournament in 1998.
