Lake Facilities Authority to buy 89 acres for preserve
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Lake Facilities Authority board members on Thursday approved spending $1.1 million to buy 88.9 acres of land as part of a $1.5 million project to create a treatment train at the junction of Burntwood and Coldwater creeks.
Coldwater collected 10 hits, five going for extra bases, in remaining unbeaten on the summer softball season with an 8-2 win over Celina on Thursday at Westview Park.
The Cavaliers (5-0) broke a 1-1 tie in the third inning when Grace Stammen scored on an error. Coldwater added two more runs in the fourth, single runs in the fifth and sixth and then two more in the seventh to close the game out. [More]
Dora "Velone" V. (Houts) Kable, age 92, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 5:07 pm in Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
CELINA - The Ohio Department of Agriculture will proceed with a scaled-back $50 million in incentive funds for farmers to implement best management practices in the H2Ohio program, despite COVID-19 restrictions and budget cuts.
CELINA - The Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors learned during Thursday morning's meeting of a fertilizer leak that led to a fish kill near Rockford.
NEW BREMEN - Residents shared concerns about the state of village parks during special council session on Thursday evening.
About 20 interested residents gathered at Crown Pavilion to listen as Kim Prueter shared an array of photos from different village areas that she believes need improvements.
CELINA - Mercer and Auglaize County health officials reported one new confirmed case in each county, raising Mercer County's total to 253 and Auglaize's to 80.
CELINA - Crews will soon start their yearly chip-and-seal work on about 120 miles of rural roads in Mercer County, county engineer Jim Wiechart announced.
