WAPAKONETA - The tourism industry saw a terrific, record-setting year in 2018 in Auglaize and Mercer counties, Greater Grand Lake Visitors Region Executive Director Donna Grube said.

CELINA - A Celina High School alumnus has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend a year in the Netherlands working as a teacher's assistant as part of the scholarship program. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County has become the first certified Foreign Direct Investment-Qualified Community in Ohio, which officials say should help make the county more attractive to foreign companies and bring high-paying jobs to the area.

CHICKASAW - Village council members may attempt to increase the millage of the town's operating levy or establish a village income tax to better maintain roads.

WAPAKONETA - Area residents were told to be on alert for food stamp trafficking and fraud and other scams during a program on Wednesday hosted by Auglaize County Department of Job and Family Services and Area Agency on Aging 3.

ST. HENRY - Both St. Henry's Marc Siefring and New Bremen's Spencer Alig had efficient efforts on the mound Thursday.

As is usually the case in pitchers' duels like this one, the winning team made fewer mistakes. [More]

By MIKE ERNST
Standard Correspondent

MINSTER - Coldwater and Minster entered Thursday night's MAC baseball battle heading in opposite directions

MARIA STEIN - Although his team scored four in the third inning, Parkway softball coach Mark Esselstein thought his team just couldn't come up with the hits that would have broken the game wide open

But the way Macy Henkle was pitching, the Panthers didn't need to.

Compiled by Colin Foster

The Minster softball team remained unbeaten on Thursday with a 9-1 victory over Coldwater at Lady Cav Diamond.

Minster is now 10-0 and 2-0 in MAC play.