Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
Local farmers attend event
By Ed Gebert
MARIA STEIN - About two dozen dairy farmers and guests gathered on Tuesday in Maria Stein to learn about the Canadian dairy supply-management system to see if it could help prop up America's plummeting milk prices.
Several local dairies have closed due to the falling prices, and the trend is not unique to west-central Ohio. U.S. Department of Agriculture efforts to improve dairy farmers' safety net have failed to sustain milk prices, and farmers say their income does not cover their expenses. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - The heat inside the Celina Intermediate School gymnasium was sweltering.
The play of the St. Henry volleyball team was equally as hot.
The Redskins improved to 4-1 with a 25-15, 25-14, 25-13 win over Celina on Tuesday night in a battle of Mercer County clubs. [More]
Obituaries on August 29th, 2018
Brenda Case, 62, of Willshire, Ohio, died on Friday morning, August 24, 2018, at her home, surrounded by her family. [More]
Sandra Kay Houser, 70, Celina, Ohio passed away 11:20 P.M. Sunday, August 26, 2018 in The Gardens at Celina. [More]
Local pictures on August 29th, 2018
Subscriber stories on August 29th, 2018
MENDON - Village council members on Tuesday accepted a low bid of $648,545 from Phoenix Fabricators & Erectors LLC of Avon, Indiana, to construct a new water tower in 2019.
Rep updates LFA board members
CELINA - The three completed treatment trains, designed to filter water entering Grand Lake from its tributaries, are working well, according to Brice Schmitmeyer of Access Engineering.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday morning approved proceeding with an estimated $186,255 agricultural drainage-tile replacement project on Hoenie Road south of Morrow Road.
CELINA - Celina City Schools officials remind students that state law bans eating or drinking on buses.
"We have had an incident of a bottle rolli
CELINA - The final 30 minutes of Tuesday's girls' soccer match between Celina and Kenton had several tense moments.
Luckily for the Wildcats, Hannah Holland was there to ease some of that tension.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Ava Giere had three goals and five other players had one goal as Coldwater won its first match of the girls' soccer season with an 8-0 shutout of Delphos St. John's in Western Ohio Soccer League play at Cavalier Stadium.