CELINA - Mayor Jeff Hazel said four blocks of streets on the city's west side should be repaved next month before the hot mix plants close for the year.

CELINA - Sometimes it's fun to live in the past.

At least it's fun to revisit the old days, and nearly 100 people did just that Monday evening wit

COLDWATER - Village council members at Monday's meeting approved buying 30.244 acres of land for $485,000.

The property owned by William J. Kramer [More]

MINSTER - School officials will soon purchase about 7.6 acres of land for district use.

School board members on Monday approved the real estate contract of $351,000 for the Schunck property at 102 W. Seventh St., located between the Miami-Erie Canal and the community pool west of the schools.

CELINA - The Mercer County Developmental Disabilities Board is well ahead of schedule to meet the state's 2024 deadline to privatize provider services, officials said at Monday's board meeting.

NEW BREMEN - Police Sgt. Brad Pyles' request to retire-rehire has been approved.

Council members voted unanimously on the ordinance, which was tabled at the Oct. 10 meeting as council members debated whether to create an overall policy to handle retire/rehire requests. [More]

ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday approved an ordinance to rezone 1.105 acres on the south side of Columbia Street next to the R.J. Corman Railroad from residential to neighborhood commercial.

CELINA - A bat that bit a cat in eastern Mercer County was found to be infected with the rabies virus.

The Mercer County-Celina City Health Departm

Mercer County continues to have the state's lowest unemployment rate with Auglaize County also having one of the state's best rates for September.

ELIDA - Celina was in a unique position at halftime of its Division II boys soccer district semifinal matchup against Elida: it was trailing.

The

Another high school football regular season comes to a conclusion this week, which historically means most of the postseason invitations have been wr

MINSTER - Robb Hemmelgarn spent more than a decade as a part-time sports writer for The Daily Standard, interviewing some of the area's best coaches, past and present.

COLDWATER - The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District will host its 72nd annual meeting, banquet and election of board members on Nov. 15 at the Coldwater American Legion hall.

Local farmers' subsidy payments for corn acres from a new USDA program increased drastically over last year's, when payments were substantially lower than surrounding counties'.