Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
NEW BREMEN - Plans for a new or renovated elementary school building are proceeding, board members learned Wednesday evening.
Architecture and engineering firm Garmann-Miller & Associates, Minster, presented three rough sketches of possible building locations to board members. Firm co-founder Bradley Garmann said the plans were strictly conceptual and specifics such as cost and size have yet to be finalized. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County this year is eligible to apply for up to $4.26 million in state grants for infrastructure, housing and other enhancement projects.
ST. MARYS - The school district's books are falling behind the times and falling apart, the district's curriculum director warned.
Officials need to update the textbooks to meet changing education standards, curriculum director Kim Overman told school board members at Wednesday's meeting.
Grants will help fund estimated $2.5M project, firm's representative says
CHICKASAW - Village council members are a step closer to starting a water treatment plant and water tower project and learned the cost is estimated at about $2.5 million.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Elections personnel on Wednesday performed final checks and calibrations on voting equipment for the March 15 primary election.
It's a safe bet to say that St. Henry, Fort Recovery and Coldwater will be pulling for the Minster boys basketball team this Friday when it meets Versailles.
As former St. Henry basketball standout Joe Niekamp inspects his scrapbook from his senior season in 1976, he readily admits that after four decades it is probably the first time he has read many of the clippings.
