CELINA - The board of elections will subpoena 38 Mercer County residents who signed petitions for the so-called Drug Price Relief Act as part of an effort to determine if circulators violated state law.
The residents will be called to testify at a public hearing at 9 a.m. Jan. 27 in the courthouse auditorium. They'll be asked, among other things, whether the out-of-state circulators witnessed them signing their names as required by law. [More]
ST. HENRY - Plans to build a large athletic complex near the school are changing to please the public and keep down costs.
St. Henry Athletic Booster Club members Nathan Schwieterman and Eric Huelskamp on Monday night gave an update of the plans to the school board and asked for their blessing to proceed. [More]
COLDWATER - Village officials learned at Monday's council meeting that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved their plan to add two large detention areas.
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen Foundation will pay the remaining costs to remove dead ash trees along the Miami and Erie Canal trail, village council members learned at Monday's meeting.
MARIA STEIN - School officials report the Marion Local High School scholastic team recently made history by capturing the Midwest Athletic Conference Scholastic Bowl regular season championship.
CELINA - City council members on Monday night passed first reading of an ordinance to renew its $2.64 million debt on behalf of the Bryson Trust Fund for the purchase of two lakeshore-area properties.
MINSTER - School board members learned at Monday night's meeting about blended learning in classrooms and teaching technology from a pilot team of elementary school teachers.
Fifteen farms in Mercer and Auglaize counties are among 114 new century and bicentennial farms statewide to be designated Century Farms by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Greenville outscored Coldwater 22-13 in the second quarter to take the lead and then held off the Cavaliers' charge in the second half to pick up a 69-66 win on Monday night at the Palace in Coldwater.
