CELINA - Two local COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics for the Moderna vaccine will be held in November, according to local health officials.
The clinics come after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authorization and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendation for a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines in certain populations, according to a Monday news release from the Mercer County Health District. [More]
CELINA - City council on Monday night voted 4-2 against legislation that would make Celina a sanctuary for the unborn and effectively outlaw abortion in the city.
However, the proposed ordinance still advances to a second reading at 7 p.m. Nov. 8, council president Jason King said after the vote. [More]
Robert W. "Bob" Kettler, age 70, of Columbus, formerly of New Bremen, died on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 5:06 P.M. at the Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, IN. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday night gave second reading of an ordinance to transfer a 7.7-acre parcel in the village's Bunker Hill Industrial Park to the Community Improvement Corporation.
COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday unanimously passed on third reading an ordinance that would grant raises of about 2% over each of the next three years for hourly and salaried employees. The 12-step pay scale was increased about 50 cents per hour from 2021.
Three cemeteries in Mercer County are among 51 in the state that will receive grant funds for special care and attention, according to an Ohio Department of Commerce news release.
ST. MARYS - Council approved 20 supplemental appropriation requests Monday under suspension of the rules requiring three readings, including funds for design work on a new sewage plant pump station, the transfer of the K.C. Geiger fund to the St. Marys Community Foundation and others.
