CELINA - School board members at Monday night's meeting approved a tax abatement for a planned expansion at Versa Pak.

The 100%, 12-year tax abatem

Every year the swallows return to Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, and the buzzards fly back to Hinkley.

On Grand Lake, the pelicans return. [More]

MINSTER - School officials are continuing to consider whether to renew or replace a permanent improvement levy up for renewal this year.

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FORT RECOVERY - School board members hired Holly Gann as the district's new athletic and transportation director during Monday's meeting.

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MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools board members on Monday night accepted a bid of nearly $1.67 million from Dorsten Construction of Minster to construct an elementary school classroom addition and renovation.

FORT RECOVERY - Village council members congratulated honorees from Sunday's Chamber of Commerce awards banquet and heard updates on projects during Monday's meeting.

ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools Board of Education members met in executive session on Monday evening to discuss investigation of charges or complaints against an employee, official or student.

HOPEWELL Twp. - Fast Road between Hoenie Road and U.S. 127 in Hopewell Township will be closed for a culvert replacement, according to Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials on Monday reported five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since their last update on Wednesday, raising the county's total number of cases to 3,416. [More]

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Health Department has amended its special quarantine order that affects school athletes and students, according to news release from Gov. Michael DeWine on Monday.

Since 1994, The Daily Standard sports department has recognized the top boys and girls basketball players in the area at the end of the season. Originally just Mercer County teams, the field was expanded in 1998 to the All-Grand Lake team and later named the Dream Team.