MINSTER - Taxes from a proposed 3-mill fire and EMS levy would be collected a year earlier than had been anticipated under legislation approved on Tuesday by village council.

WAPAKONETA - Children can dig for their own "dinosaur skeletons" and collect "dinosaur eggs" at the Dino Dig tent during the Auglaize County Fair this week while learning a little something about religion in the process.

MENDON - The village has received a $500,000 Ohio Public Works Commission grant to help fund a new water tower, council members learned at their Tuesday meeting. [More]

CELINA - Visitors from Minamiawaji, Japan, Celina's sister city, traveled thousands of miles across an ocean to visit the city for about a week.

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CELINA - School board members on Tuesday afternoon hired two teachers and accepted the resignations of three staff members.

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ST. HENRY - A Celina woman was transported to the hospital with possible injuries after a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday.

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The U.S. 127 Worlds Longest Yard Sale is set to return Aug. 2-5 with bargains stretching 690 miles from Assidon, Michigan, to Gadsden, Alabama.

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MINSTER - Progress Tool and Stamping is celebrating 50 years in business as a family company.   

A small company was founded by Lee Westerheide in 1968 at the current Precision Strip location in Minster. It has since grown and moved into its current location in Minster, which was built in 1985.