FORT RECOVERY - Village council members are updating the municipal income tax ordinance to meet changes in state law taking effect in January.

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COLDWATER - A challenger and two current members are competing on the Nov. 3 ballot to fill two open seats on the Coldwater Exempted Village Schools Board of Education.

ST. MARYS - A healthy city general fund should make hiring two new employees possible by the end of the year.

The city finance committee at Monday

CELINA - Celina City Schools' Channel 6 will likely be run as a computer application in the future, school board members decided Monday night.

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MINSTER - Bowling will become a varsity sport for boys and girls starting this season.

Minster Local Schools Board of Education members during Monday's meeting approved promoting bowling from a club to a varsity sport.

The unemployment rate in Mercer County rose slightly from 2.7 percent in August to 2.8 percent in September, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Only two weeks remain in the high school football regular season. The southern trio of the WBL continues on its quest to secure three playoff spots in Region 10.

ST. MARYS - As students fill the classrooms of Tri Star Career Compact's Frank Dennings Vocational Building in St. Marys, four juniors stand out.

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CELINA - While women are often a minority in business ownership, that is not the case within the scenic stretch of shops on downtown Main Street.

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