CELINA - For the first time since 2004, city council members intend to change the base electricity rates to be more fair to all customers, stabilize revenue, reflect projected power costs and provide funds for anticipated capital expenditures. [More]

CELINA - Tri Star Career Compact Director Tim Buschur has been named the Association for Career and Technical Education Region I Administrator of the Year.

ST. MARYS - City finance committee members on Monday learned appropriations for the 2018 budget could be the lowest they've been in four years.

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BUTLER TOWNSHIP - A Butler Township man escaped unharmed from a fire that destroyed his home on Monday night.

The home at 3781 Menchhofer Road is a total loss after the house was engulfed in flames, Coldwater Fire Chief Brent Forsthoefel said.

MINSTER - School board members have less than a month to review about 60 drawings of the district's $10.3 million middle/high school renovation project before deciding whether to approve the plans.

ST. MARYS - Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials have determined no penalties are warranted against a St. Marys company where an employee died in an industrial accident.

CELINA - School board members on Monday honored students, faculty and parents who helped clean up the wreckage caused by the Nov. 5 tornado.

More than 50 community members volunteered their time.

FORT RECOVERY - Village officials will apply again for state Capital Budget Grant money, likely targeted for baseball diamond improvements and lighting.

From staff reports

Mercer County continued to have the lowest county unemployment rate in Ohio in October.

The jobless rate was at 2.8 percent

From staff reports

CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced his office has received a nearly $35,000 Ohio Department of Public Safety grant to assist deputies in reducing traffic-related fatalities and serious injury accidents.

Marion Local's defense has yet to be scored on this postseason and rides a four-game shutout streak into Friday's Division VI state semifinal showdown with Liberty-Benton.

After a solid defensive effort in shutting out Delphos St. John's last Friday night, the Minster Wildcats will need an even greater performance if the team wants to return to the Division VII state football final for a second straight season.

Players of the Week

Offense

  

  Isaac Schmiesing, RB Minster

  99 yards rushing, 45-yard touchdown pass in Wildcats' 21-0 over St. John's.