CELINA - City officials are exploring nonlethal tactics to handle ongoing problems with unruly geese, such as aggression, attacks on people and defecation in prominent public spaces. [More]

MARIA STEIN - Board of education members on Wednesday passed a resolution declaring Marion Local Schools a special-needs district and allowing administrators to apply for state consent to submit a $16 million bond issue to voters.

NEW BREMEN - Board of education members on Wednesday approved a land swap to provide additional space for the district's K-8 building project.

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CELINA - Dollar General officials have no current plans to rebuild the Havemann Road store, which was heavily damaged in the November tornado, according to a statement from a corporate media relations representative. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - School administrators reviewed ways to improve school safety next year by implementing new security features and looking into phone applications students can use to report concerns.

CELINA - A Dayton-area man who had pleaded guilty in October to taking part in a bad-check ring was sentenced on Wednesday to 24 months in prison.

CELINA - A 24-year-old Celina woman pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to 11 felony charges involving the alleged theft of firearms, ammunition and other items from a person in a protected class.

CELINA - Two full-time employees will join the ranks of the Mercer County Health District.

Health board members on Wednesday approved creating a full-time clerical position and changing the existing part-time sanitarian position to full time. No start date was set for the positions.

CHICKASAW - Village Clerk Nancy Bohman during Wednesday's council meeting announced her resignation, effective at the end of the year.

Bohman said she has enjoyed serving the village since October 2011 but works full time and wants to spend more time with her family.

MONTEZUMA - Officials are looking into minor roof repairs and new windows for the village office building.

Village fiscal officer Robert Brenneman

VERSAILLES - A quintet hailing from Los Angeles bills itself as the world's only female tribute to Iron Maiden. Yet aside from a sly tweaking of the members' names to reflect their male counterparts in Iron Maiden, gender really isn't a focus for the band.

MINSTER - Like millions of other youths in the 1960s, Tom Hawkinson kept his transistor radio nearby, eagerly awaiting the release of new hit songs by The Beatles.

ST. HENRY - St. Henry took home a pair of ACME baseball victories over Marion Local on Wednesday night at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

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CELINA - The Coldwater Cavaliers struck for three runs in the first inning of Wednesday's ACME doubleheader with Celina.

They scored a lot more after that.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

A late run was not enough for Grand Lake as the Mariners had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 4-3 loss to Irish Hills on Wednesday night in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball play at Siena Heights University in Michigan.