Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Veteran's Day
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Paul Meeds was a 24-year-old young man, working on the family farm in Versailles, when World War II took him across the globe to the heart of deadly battle in the South Pacific.
Now 98, Meeds, the oldest of six siblings born to Elva and M [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - Officials on Tuesday verbally agreed to lease a tract of county-owned land west of the city where a home for men recovering from substance abuse is planned.
The proposed second Mercer County House of Hope would be built between the sheriff's office and Foundations Behavioral Health Services along state Route 29 - about a half mile from the first home of its kind for women on Mud Pike. [More]
Obituaries on November 11th, 2015
Leo H. Koesters, 79, Celina, passed away at Celina Manor, on November 9, 2015 at 5:45 pm. [More]
Mary Ellen Winkeljohn, formerly of Celina, age 91 died October 28, 2015 in her home at Cottonwood Village, Cottonwood, AZ. [More]
George Hill, 85, died on Nov. 7, 2015.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at [More]
Earl W. Wuebbeling, 84, Celina, died on Nov. 10, 2015, at Mercer County Communi [More]
Local pictures on November 11th, 2015
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FORT RECOVERY - A committee plans to create a memorial plaza in Monument Park to honor living and past veterans with ties to the village.
The idea
Plan would affect Auglaize health staff
WAPAKONETA - A proposal to increase county employees' copayment costs by 5 percent to subsidize a 12 percent hike in insurance premiums was tabled Tuesday by the health board.
COLDWATER - Surrounded by dozens of model fighter planes and vintage military magazines, area historian Ralph Schwieterman honored America's veterans with a recent World War II presentation at the Coldwater Public Library.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County engineer Doug Reinhart requested an increase of about $1.7 million for road repaving in 2016 due to high material costs.
Reinhart expressed his concerns about road repaving to county commissioners during an annual budget hearing.
Division II Girls Soccer State Semifinal
TIFFIN - After the postgame handshakes, Celina girls soccer coach Cal Freeman looked over at the Archbishop Hoban sideline and said "That's a good t
All-Ohio Volleyball
Area players and coaches reaped the honors as the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association announced its All-Ohio teams this week.
In Divisi
ST. MARYS - Erika Angstmann made a living spiking the volleyball for the St. Marys Roughriders.
She will be expected to do the same thing when she arrives on the campus of Owens Community College next fall.