WAPAKONETA - Republican incumbent John Bergman handily beat his independent challenger, Duane Stienecker, in the race for Auglaize County commissioner. [More]

CELINA - Long-entrenched Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin of Coldwater secured an 11th four-year term on Election Day.

Laffin, a Republican, [More]

By WILLIAM KINCAID and SYDNEY ALBERT
newsroom@dailystandard.com

Local voters came out in droves this election cycle.

Mercer County likely saw [More]

CELINA - An 80-year-old Fort Recovery woman reportedly is the latest person to die from COVID-19 in Mercer County, raising the total number of deaths to 29.

WAPAKONETA - A St. Marys man has been sentenced to 23 to 26.5 years in prison for convictions on two first-degree felony counts of rape and two third-degree felony counts of gross sexual imposition.

MINSTER - Village council members on Tuesday approved the second round of COVID-19 relief grants for 14 local businesses.

The latest grants, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, totaled $26,000. They were funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

By WILLIAM KINCAID and SYDNEY ALBERT
newsroom@dailystandard.com

Voters in Mercer and Auglaize counties overwhelmingly supported fire levies on the ballot on Election Day.

WAPAKONETA - A five-year, 1-mill operating levy benefiting the Auglaize County Council on Aging has been renewed, gaining approval from about three-quarters of all voters in the county, according to Tuesday night's unofficial results.

WAPAKONETA - Jason A. Stienecker will continue to serve as Auglaize County Coroner, beating opponent Ken Fox with more than 70% of the vote, according to Tuesday's unofficial election results.

CELINA - A Celina City School District renewal operating levy passed with solid support from voters on Election Day.

The renewal levy passed the finish line with 5,702 votes, or 59.25%, in support and 3,921 against the issue, according to Mercer County Board of Elections' unofficial results.

ROCKFORD - Voters overwhelmingly approved the renewal of a five-year, 0.7-mill permanent improvement levy for Vantage Career Center, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night.

FORT RECOVERY - Nearly 68% of voters supported the renewal of a five-year operating levy for the village, according to unofficial election results on Tuesday night.

Both local state representatives and the local senator - all Republicans - were re-elected to their posts and will return to Columbus.

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All three Republican U.S. representatives from the Grand Lake area were re-elected by large margins according to unofficial vote tallies on Tuesday night.

ST. MARYS- St. Marys found some last-minute magic on Tuesday night, and the Roughriders needed every drop of it in their Division II girls soccer regional semifinal against Mentor Lake Catholic.

Fort Recovery's win over Marion Local last Thursday for a Division IV district volleyball championship could easily be called a "once in a lifetime" victory.

Most volleyball teams look to go into the postseason on a high note.

But for New Bremen, the Cardinals ended the regular season a bit staggered in dropping league matches to New Knoxville and Fort Recovery to go from first to third in the Midwest Athletic Conference.