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Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
Local veteran's war wounds still linger years later
By Shelley Grieshop
Vern Eichler's life changed forever when he left his hometown in God's country and landed in the jungles of Vietnam.
He will always bear a reminder of the half dozen sniper bullets that ravaged his body and still cause him pain almost 48 years later, he said. [More]
Crestview's Crowle no hits Cardinals
Division IV Softball District Championship Game
By Gary R. Rasberry
WAPAKONETA - To say it was tough for New Bremen to get anything going against Crestview would be a bit of an understatement.
Pitcher Terra Crowle retired the first 12 batters she faced and finished with a no-hitter as the Knights captured the Division IV Wapakoneta district title with a 10-0 win over the Cardinals in five innings on Friday at Wapakoneta High School. [More]
Obituaries on May 23rd, 2015
Elmer Dorsten
Elmer G. Dorsten, age 91, of Coldwater, died Friday, May 22, 2015 at Otterbein, St. Marys. [More]
William Hartke
William J. Hartke, age 61, of St. Henry, died Friday, May 22, 2015 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Phyllis O'Brien
Phyllis J. O'Brien, age 83 of Celina, passed away at 7:55a.m. On Thursday May 21, 2015, at the Celina Manor Nursing Home in Celina. [More]
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Subscriber stories on May 23rd, 2015
Egg prices continue to soar
Bird flu decimates flocks in some areas of country
Egg prices are surging as bird flu kills millions of hens, restricting supplies.
So far, the higher prices haven't shown up in the grocery store but likely will if hen losses continue, said an egg market reporter.
Family's surprise guest about to take flight
Local residents nurse homing pigeon back to health
CELINA - A Celina family is caring for an unexpected houseguest who couldn't find the strength to make it home.
The guest is a homing pigeon ninth-grader Morgan Bechtol discovered near her family home in Grand Manor Mobile Home Park as she returned from school Wednesday afternoon.
Algae advisory again issued for Grand Lake
CELINA - Signs around Grand Lake for the seventh straight year are warning visitors of unsafe blue-green algae toxin levels.
But the signs, which h
Local Vietnam vet, wife latest Lots for Soldiers recipients
CELINA - Beverly Dziengelewski had promised herself she would not cry. As she and husband, John, surveyed the grassy plot of land that spread before
Fairview too much for Parkway in final
Division III Softball District Championship Game
BATH TOWNSHIP - Top-seeded Fairview looked the part of a district finalist on Friday night.
As for the third-seeded Parkway Panthers, they didn't quite resemble the team that won 20 games to get there.
Bulldog girls win district title
District Track and Field Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina girls had a dominating day at Frost-Kalnow Stadium in Tiffin in capturing the Division I district track and field title on Friday.
Fitzgerald heading to Ohio Dominican
ST. MARYS - Ohio Dominican University added another local baseball talent to its program on Friday as St. Marys standout Isaac Fitzgerald signed his national letter of intent.
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