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]
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.
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.
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.
