ST. MARYS - An additional $1 million grant has been secured to help cover the cost of the proposed pedestrian bridge across U.S. 33 to the middle/high school campus, city council members learned on Monday.
In a short but busy meeting, councilors also bid adieu to outgoing law director Kraig Noble, who wrapped up 40 years of service to the city, and approved this year's budget with appropriations totaling just over $52.28 million. [More]
CELINA - Organizers agreed to end the patriotic-themed Freedom Days celebration, a three-day festival that had been held annually since 2004 in conjunction with the Fourth of July holiday at Celina's Lakeshore Park.
Representatives from the organizing clubs - Celina's American Legion, Eagles, Moose and VFW - gathered last month and decided to discontinue the event due to rising expenses, diminished donations and declining interest, festival chairman Bob Howell told the newspaper. [More]
Thomas H. Hevlin, 93, of Saint Marys, and a resident of The Laurels at Shane Hill, Rockford, died 6:30 A.M. Sunday, January 12, 2020, at the Laurels. [More]
Will Dean Holland, 61, of Saint Marys, and formerly of Decatur, Alabama, died 4:42 A.M. Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio. [More]
CELINA - City council members vowed to proceed with the West Market Street reconstruction project this year even though they'll have to fork over nearly $150,000 more to meet the Ohio Department of Transportation's revised estimate.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members appointed a new member to fill the seat of Robert Parker, who presided over his first meeting as mayor on Monday evening.
MINSTER - An energy conservation audit revealed the district could save more than $26,000 in energy costs annually by upgrading lights in the elementary school.
COLDWATER - The first village council meeting of 2020 began with outgoing mayor Joe Knapschaefer thanking those whose work and dedication made his time as mayor a pleasure.
Case Western Reserve University freshman and Coldwater graduate Cole Frilling was named the University Athletic Association's Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week after helping the Spartans win their UAA opener last Saturday against Carnegie Mellon.
