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Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
St. Henry boosters raise $1M for facility
By Sydney Albert
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Booster Club so far has raised about $1 million for a proposed new athletic building and members expect more donations to help reach the $1.5 million goal.
Booster Club member Eric Huelskamp said the current building design by Garmann Miller & Associates would place the facility in the lot east of the high school. The roughly 19,400-square-foot building is designed for athletic, school and community use and includes a weight room and two basketball courts. [More]
Street work to start in spring
Council members learn about savings on sledding hill
By Jeff Elking
NEW BREMEN - Village street improvements are set to start this spring.
Council members approved awarding the Front Street and Eastmoor Drive project to Shinn Brothers Inc. of Celina, one of nine bidders. Work on the $1.56 million reconstruction job is tentatively set to start in late April and be completed in October. [More]
Obituaries on January 9th, 2018
William Doseck
William F. Doseck, 99, formerly of Botkins, died 3:32 A.M. Friday, January 5, 2 [More]
Kenneth Krauss
Kenneth E. Krauss, 94, Saint Marys, died 8:47 P.M. Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Otterbein Saint Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Mary Dedrick
Mary Dedrick, 84, St. Marys, died on Jan. 6, 2018, in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Francis Winget
Francis J. Winget, 85, Celina, died at 7 p.m. Jan. 8, 2018. He was a resident a [More]
Eileen Hess
Eileen Hess, 86, Osgood, died on Jan. 9, 2018, at the Gardens at St. Henry.
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Council to pay down debt
Walkway project payment OK'd
CELINA - City council members will again pay off a portion of debt on the West Bank walkway project and refinance the rest.
Mayor Jeff Hazel called the move standard procedure, saying it was a way for the city to help reduce the debt each year.
Coldwater seeks grant to clean up woods
COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance authorizing village administrator/engineer Eric Thomas to apply for a grant through the Clean Ohio Fund.
City of St. Marys receives honor from state for clean audit report
ST. MARYS - The city received the Auditor of State Award on Monday from James Darden, liaison of State Auditor Dave Yost's office, for being one of very few entities audited by the state to have a clean audit report.
St. Henry council adds new members
Water, wastewater plant study planned
ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday welcomed two new members.
Allan Bruns, an engineer with Celina Tent, and Troy Flenar, a manufacturing unit manager with Crown Equipment Corp., were sworn in by mayor Steve Koesters.
Marion Local students to take careers class
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local High School students will be required to take a course focusing on future careers.
Superintendent Mike Pohlman said he and high school principal Tim Goodwin had met previously with guidance counselor Jenny Dippold to discuss the possibility.
Gilmore elected Celina board president
CELINA - School board members at Monday's organizational meeting elected Matt Gilmore as board president and Bill Sell as vice president for 2018, superintendent Ken Schmiesing said this morning.
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