CELINA - City council members on Monday night moved to set aside $1.1 million to pay for ozone treatment upgrades at the city's water plant and related engineering and design work.
Recreation, well field considered
COLDWATER - Village officials are taking the first steps to purchase more than 30 acres of land adjacent to the village's southern edge.
Council members on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance authorizing the purchase. The 30.244 acres are owned by William J. Kramer and Murph Knapke. [
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ST. MARYS - Council members on Monday approved transferring $500,000 from the water improvement, sewer improvement and sewer surplus accounts to help pay the $1.5 million needed for new water meters.
CELINA - Mercer County officials have been challenged to "step up" their support for residents suffering mental health issues.
Retired Ohio Supreme
NEW BREMEN - Council members Monday night approved a resolution to upgrade the computer system in the village offices and the departmental buildings.
Matt Hoying of Reliable Business Solutions fielded questions from council members about the upgrades.
ST. HENRY - Demolition of the 45-year-old bathhouse will begin as soon as the village pool closes for the season today.
The village was awarded a $
Mercer County has maintained the lowest unemployment rate in the state for the fourth consecutive month.
July rate's was 3.1 percent, down slightly from 3.2 percent in June, according to date released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
CELINA - The Celina girls tennis team opened Western Buckeye League match play in grand fashion with a 5-0 sweep of the Kenton Wildcats on Monday afternoon at the Booster Club Tennis Complex. [
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The St. Henry boys golf team has passed every test early.
The Redskins aced their quarterly exam on Monday.
Lucas Grieshop shot a medalist round of 39, and St. Henry remained unbeaten with a 172-182 victory over Minster in a major MAC matchup at the Elks.
CELINA - The 2016 season marks the first season since 2012 that Celina does not have Caleb Hoyng at quarterback.
Last season, Hoyng led Celina back to its first playoff appearance since the late 1990s and now has gone off to play basketball at Marietta College.
COLDWATER - The word "rebuilding" hasn't been used very often when talking about the Coldwater football team over the past 20 years.
But after hav
Toledo-bound Martin excited for senior season with Indians
Senior signal-caller Caleb Martin is committed to suit up for the University of Toledo Rockets in the near future.
At the present moment, he is committed to having one more successful season with his Fort Recovery teammates.
MARIA STEIN - The date was Nov. 28, 2015.
Marion Local fans bundled up in their Blue and Gold gear to watch their team play at a familiar venue (Wapakoneta's Harmon Field) on a familiar stage (the Division VI state semifinal).
MINSTER - When the Minster Wildcats burst onto the field for their 2016 season opener in Fort Loramie on August 26, fans may notice a new face joggin
NEW BREMEN - Beginning his second season at the helm of the New Bremen Cardinal football program, coach Chris Schmidt is looking to build on the progress made last season.
ROCKFORD - Shane Wellman has always wanted the opportunity to be a head football coach in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
That opportunity is finally here.
ST. HENRY - Coldwater and Marion Local have had the most dominant defenses in the Midwest Athletic Conference over the past few seasons.
The St. Henry Redskins hope to be the MAC's next dominant 'D' - their season might depend on it.
ST. MARYS - Through a decade of midget league, junior high, and varsity football, more than half of Dustin Howell's life has been lived with Roughrid
CELINA - While itsrecord at the end of last season showed 13-12, Celina was competitive when it counted. The team finished 7-2 in the Western Buckeye League and were district runners-up to rival St. Marys.
COLDWATER - New Coldwater volleyball head coach Nikki Etzler is very familiar with her team.
The former Parkway standout who had guided Celina in t
FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery volleyball team was crowned sectional champions for the first time in a long time last season.
And coach Chelsea Rogers hopes to use that as a springboard to success in 2016.
MARIA STEIN - Erica Schulze was handed the keys to the Marion Local volleyball program last fall and drove it to another successful season.
The Flyers are expecting another fun ride in 2016 with many of the same passengers aboard.
MINSTER - With six seniors and four starters returning for the 2016 season, Minster volleyball coach Cami Garman believes her Wildcats are poised to shake things up in the Midwest Athletic Conference over the next couple of months.
NEW BREMEN - Diana Kramer is exchanging her St. Henry Red for New Bremen Crimson.
After six successful seasons at St. Henry, Kramer has taken the head volleyball coaching position at New Bremen.
ROCKFORD - First-year head coach Jordan Henkle has been around the Parkway volleyball program for a very long time.
He saw the highs, when his dad
Rosenbeck takes over after 3 years as varsity assistant
ST. HENRY - Tricia Rosenbeck's husband, Eric, has guided a tradition-rich St. Henry basketball program for many years now.
After three years as a varsity assistant with the Redskin volleyball program, it's now Tricia Rosenbeck's turn to guide a historically dominant team of her own.
ST. MARYS – With five seniors returning from their remarkable 20-5 overall and 8-1 Western Buckeye League campaign in 2015, first-year head coach Andy Rammel is more than excited to get the 2016 St. Marys volleyball season underway as he looks to carry the momentum into the next few months.
