a_d
Find Date:
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
Coldwater council OKs land buy
Cost almost $500K
By Georgia Rindler
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 and Murph Knapke lies adjacent to the village's southern border and will become open green space. Village officials have secured a $50,000 Nature's Work Grant and a $310,400 Clean Ohio Grant to help pay for the purchase. A land acquisition note will cover $69,600 and the remaining $55,000 will be paid from the Boost the Park Fund. [More]
Council OKs rehiring retiring police sergeant
New Bremen
By Jeff Elking
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]
Obituaries on October 25th, 2016
Ruth Eshleman
Ruth M. Eshleman, 84, St. Marys, OH died 4:30 p.m. Saturday October 22, 2016 at Otterbein-St. Marys. [More]
Lavern Schmit
Lavern E. Schmit, age 87, of Celina, died on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Robert Waldron
Robert "Bob" Eugene Waldron, 82, of Celina, Ohio, formerly of Rockford, died Sa [More]
Kenneth Richardson
Kenneth D. "Kenny" "Bonz" Richardson, 57, of Celina, died 6:34 PM Sunday, Octob [More]
Local pictures on October 25th, 2016
Subscriber stories on October 25th, 2016
Street work expected to be done in near future
Celina
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.
Local home tour draws crowd
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
Minster school board approves purchase of land
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.
Agency ahead of deadline for privatizing
Mercer County DD
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.
Council approves zoning change to include commercial
St. Marys
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.
Bat in Mercer County tests positive for rabies
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 still lowest in joblessness
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.
Celina rallies to advance; Riders drop out
ELIDA - Celina was in a unique position at halftime of its Division II boys soccer district semifinal matchup against Elida: it was trailing.
The
MAC teams look to solidify spots
Computer Points In Review
Another high school football regular season comes to a conclusion this week, which historically means most of the postseason invitations have been wr
Hemmelgarn takes Minster softball job
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.
2 vying for one open seat on Mercer SWCD board
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.
ARC payments up substantially
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'.
Subscription information or Buy this E-Edition
a_d