CELINA - Long, flowing tails are mostly what visitors see when passing by the horse stalls of Woody and Bonnie. The pair ignore the stream of people in and out of the horse barn at the Mercer County Fair until they hear their owner, Shelby Prenger, quietly enter. Then they do a quick turnabout and eagerly await a rub and a few kind words from the 16-year-old Celina girl. [More]

CELINA - A township-led initiative to change how local government funds are divided among the county's 14 townships would drastically alter the amount of money received by some of them.

Mercer County Auditor Randy Grapner, representing the county budget commission, told Celina City Council members on Monday night that nine of the 14 townships have voted in favor of changing a decades-old method of distributing state funds. [More]

COLDWATER - Authorities have released the name of a woman found dead at her home Sunday afternoon.

The body of Angela M. Broerman, 47, 415 S. First St., Coldwater, was found shortly before 5 p.m., according to Sgt. Kyle Dues of the Coldwater Police Department. The cause of death is considered suspicious and remains under investigation. [More]