NEW BREMEN - Crown Equipment Corp. is seeking to expand its footprint in New Bremen through a proposed $40 million new building that would create 197 new jobs. [More]

ST. MARYS - City officials welcomed two new police officers on Monday night, swearing in patrolmen Michael Porter and Scott Buschur to the force.

CELINA - Bryson Trust Fund officials say they intend to foot the entire bill for new playground equipment at the Bryson Park District, pending Mercer County Probate Court Judge Mary Pat Zitter's approval.

COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency resolution authorizing village administrator/engineer Eric Thomas to apply for an Ohio Public Works Commission grant.

CELINA - Fran DeWine, wife of the Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine, wrapped up a tour of Ohio's 88 counties Monday with visits to Mercer, Auglaize and the surrounding counties.

WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office has received two grants from the Ohio Department of Public Safety totaling roughly $39,600.

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ST. HENRY - Council members reluctantly passed an emergency resolution during Monday's meeting to amend the village's income tax ordinance to comply with a state law.

NEW BREMEN - The village will usher in autumn with the season's favorite flavor at its annual Pumpkinfest on Sept. 28-29.

The fall atmosphere gives Pumpkimfest a different kind of feel from the traditional summer festivals, said Amanda Hurley, co-president of the Pumpkinfest committee.

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The Celina girls soccer team had their backs to the wall in the first half of Monday's Western Buckeye League tilt in Wapakoneta.

For area football teams, five weeks was all it took for those on the offensive side of the ball to reach "mid-season form," with the five winning tea [More]

The Marion Local Agricultural Science Department received a $5,000 donation from DuPont Pioneer to purchase Vernier LabQuest Equipment and a QOMO Interactive Videoboard as part of the DuPont Pioneer sponsorship program.

Local farmers have until Oct. 19 to apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture funds for the nationwide Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.