MINSTER - The Minster Area Life Squad needs a new medical director to oversee operations, village council members learned Tuesday.

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WAPAKONETA - A local physician believes medical marijuana should be regulated like other drugs on the market in the U.S.

Auglaize County Medical Di

FORT RECOVERY - School officials are researching whether to implement random drug testing for high school athletes beginning this fall.

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CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey hopes a local consulting firm can help his department operate more efficiently.

He believes the cost for t

CELINA - Threatening weather this past winter and new rules for closing county offices prompted the board of elections to review its policy on extending filing deadlines.

ROCKFORD - The preliminary 2015 village budget will mirror this year's, according to officials.

Council members on Tuesday gave first reading to an ordinance approving the estimated appropriations. Village clerk Lisa Kuhn set the general fund at $361,205, the same as 2014.

ST. MARYS - A harsh winter and unexpected repairs have left shortfalls in the city budget.

Finance committee members John Bubp and Bob Fitzgerald on Monday reviewed safety service director Greg Foxhoven's supplemental appropriation requests totaling about $140,000.

MONTEZUMA - Local officials will pay an area business $1 to remove years-old dredge material from county-owned property near Grand Lake.

Mercer Cou

FORT RECOVERY - A funeral home owner concerned about the safety of people heading to the community pool and park wants a four-way stop sign installed near his business.

COLDWATER - Christa Heitkamp and April Goodwin wanted to start a business together and were looking for ideas. Heitkamp's husband steered them in the right direction.

CELINA - The Marion Local ACME team scored 10 runs through the first five innings and then held off Celina's seventh-inning charge to come away with a 10-8 win Tuesday night at Montgomery Field.

COLDWATER - Parkway forced Coldwater to come back twice but came out on the short end of a tight 5-4 game Tuesday night at Veterans Field in Memorial Park.

Fort Recovery tabbed a familar name to take over its boys basketball program.

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Grand Lake scored eight times in the top of the second inning and got back to the .500 mark on the season with a 10-5 win over the Hamilton Joes at Foundation Field in Hamilton.

St. Henry baseball coach John Dorner and recent graduate Jeff Paul represented the area at the 2014 Mizuno All-Star Baseball Series held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University last weekend.

St. Marys resident Rob Smock earned a unique honor as he was inducted as part of the 1983 Wright State University men's basketball team into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in May.