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.

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. [More]

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.

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.

NEW BREMEN - Village street improvements are set to start this spring.

Council members approved awarding the Front Street and Eastmoor Drive projec [More]

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.

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.

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.