Post runner-up in pageant
CELINA - Celina native Clista Hellwarth was crowned 2017 Miss Lake Festival at Monday night's scholarship pageant competition.
Hellwarth, 18, shared the stage at Celina City Schools' Education Complex with seven other contestants. Four outstanding teen contestants also took the stage. [
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CELINA - Kaycie Wissman of Minster was crowned 2017 Miss Lake Festival's Outstanding Teen at Monday's pageant.
The competition was held in conjunction with the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant. [
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Celina
CELINA - Development of the new Bryson Park District will take up to six years, not 50 to 60, city officials stressed on Monday night, clarifying a comment in the last council meeting's minutes that had stirred outrage among some social-media users.
St. Marys
ST. MARYS - Council members on Monday learned the city likely will receive a grant to cover the majority of the cost to construct a pedestrian walkway on State Route 66 over U.S. 33 near the junior high/high school complex. [
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NEW BREMEN - Police chief Mike Skinner asked council members on Monday evening to start a K-9 unit.
Felony drug possessions over the past three y
St. Henry
ST. HENRY - Village officials are looking to join other local officials in allowing golf carts and other under-speed vehicles on village streets.
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Minster planning $10.3 million renovation at middle/high school
MINSTER - Garmann-Miller Architects has been hired to handle the school district's $10.3 million renovation project at the middle/high school.
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COLDWATER - Council members on Monday gave first reading to an ordinance that would allow police officers to better enforce rules concerning abandoned, junk or inoperative vehicles on private property.
Mercer County has retained its position with the lowest jobless rate in Ohio despite unemployment rates increasing throughout the state.
June's rate in Mercer County was 3.4 percent, up from 2.8 percent in May. That rate was up slightly from June 2016's 3.2 percent.
CELINA - Celina Lake Festival events kicked off Monday evening with the Miss Lake Festival Pageant, which crowned winners in the queen and outstanding teen categories.
Mariners look to lock up playoff spot in final week
With one week left in the regular season, Grand Lake head coach Chris O'Neill is breathing a little easier than he was last year at this time.
A year ago, the Mariners had to win their regular season finale to secure a spot in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League playoffs.
Eight members of the Auglaize-Mercer Family YMCA Waves (AMPY) swimming team will compete at the 2017 Long Course National Championships next week in Greensboro, North Carolina.
