MINSTER - Village council members may increase electric rates to head off looming financial problems in the department.
A study by consultants Courtney & Associates, Findlay, suggested raising electric rates across the board by 5.3 percent, company representative John Courtney told Minster council members at Tuesday's meeting. [More]
CELINA - County officials hope to persuade their empowered hometown state senator to support adoption of a statewide online voter registration system.
Mercer County Board of Election members Tuesday afternoon instructed directors Deb Sneddon and Laura Bruns to invite Senate President Keith Faber, R-Celina, to attend a future meeting to discuss the benefits of online registration, a proposal long supported by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. [More]
COLDWATER - Rich Seas will continue in his role as school district superintendent until at least 2016, following action Tuesday night by the school board.
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members on Tuesday voted to send a payment of about $10,000 to the Ohio Elections Commission for unsettled candidate filing fees dating back to 2005.
ST. HENRY - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has renewed an operating permit for Rindler Poultry LLC, 342 Beckman Ave., St. Henry, according to an ODA news release.
CELINA - Members of the local Heroin Interdiction Team on Tuesday afternoon allegedly found drugs and weapons when serving a warrant for a local man previously convicted of drug charges.
Addition constructed on site of Boesel Opera House in New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - Crown Equipment Corp. recently opened a new 44,000-square-foot office addition on the site of the landmark Boesel Opera house, the interior of which was ravaged by fire in 2012.
NEW KNOXVILLE - Kodi Morgan's layup with 12 seconds left allowed Wapakoneta to escape Ranger Gymnasium with a 45-43 win over New Knoxville in a battle of Auglaize County teams on Tuesday.
Fort Recovery led 11-7 after the first quarter and then outscored South Adams 15-1 in the second quarter to pull away for a 48-25 win in an interstate battle at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
