Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
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Thursday, July 16th, 2015
Record rains produce bumper crop of mosquitoes
By Shelley Grieshop
The rainy summer is swelling the mosquito population and boosting the risk of contracting the diseases they carry.
Flooding can leave behind pockets of water that create the perfect egg-laying habitat for mosquitoes infected with diseases such as West Nile virus - the most common illness carried by the insects in the U.S. [More]
Obituaries on July 16th, 2015
June Clutter
June M. Clutter, 90, Celina, died at 10:55 p.m. July 15, 2015, at her residence [More]
Patricia Kelsey
Patricia Lou "Pat" Kelsey (nee Buchanan), 79, of Deerfield Beach, FL, passed away on July 11, 2015. [More]
John Pilipovich
John D. Pilipovich, 36, passed away at his home in Celina, on July 12, 2015 at 4:42 AM. [More]
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Subscriber stories on July 16th, 2015
New Bremen board to pick from three architects
NEW BREMEN - School board members continue to plan for a possible new building to house kindergartners through sixth-graders.
Board members must first choose from among three architects to move them closer to putting a levy on the May 2017 ballot.
Celina schools to hire interim superintendent
CELINA - School board members will hire an interim superintendent as the search for a new district leader continues.
Superintendent Jessie Steiner's last day with the district is July 31. He recently accepted the same position with Northwestern Local School District.
Repairs planned for former Illusions building
CELINA - The city's board of control on Wednesday approved a $5,000 bid from a Celina contractor to repair buckling bricks on the front of the former Illusions Nite Club building on South Main Street.
Bulldogs punch ticket to state ACME tourney; Coldwater beats Celina in district championship game
District ACME Tournament
ST. HENRY - One game was needed to decide what team would earn a berth in the ACME State Tournament.
And it took all of one inning to decide the outcome.
Mariners struggle against Monarchs
Lake Erie scores five in sixth; Williams' homer avoids shutout
CELINA - For five innings, Grand Lake and Lake Erie engaged in an old-fashioned pitchers' duel.
That changed dramatically in the top of the sixth.
Lefeld prepared for Falcons' training camp
This summer, Eric Lefeld has done what he has done every summer the past several years: mix leisure time with football workouts.
However, for this round, the Coldwater and University of Cincinnati graduate has been working hard getting ready for his first professional football preseason camp.
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