Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
By Leslie Gartrell
WAPAKONETA - County and regional health officials are urging residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine as regional hospitalizations climb to the highest level since the pandemic began.
Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Tuesday also reported one new death and 78 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last update on Nov. 23. [More]
Obituaries on December 1st, 2021
Terry Emmett Whittington died peacefully while resting at Reid Hospital on November 27th, 2021 in Richmond, Indiana at the age of 73. [More]
James W. Knapke, age 70, of New Bremen, died on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 6:45 P.M. at the Ohio's Hospice of Miami County in Troy. [More]
Helen J. Counseller, 97, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:22 am on November 25, 2021 at Van Wert Manor. [More]
Paula L. Short, 64, of Coldwater, Ohio, was called home to heaven on November 24th, 2021, at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. [More]
Katherine "Katie" Stevely, 99, of St. Marys, died 2:30 P.M. Sunday, November 28, 2021, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Constance "Connie" K. Walterbusch age 65 of Maria Stein, Ohio died at 4:18 PM on November 29, 2021 at Hospice of Miami County Inpatient Unit. [More]
Dennis "Denny" Earl Kelbel, 68, of St. Marys, OH died 6:10 a.m. Thursday November 18, 2021 at Grande Lake Health Care Center in St. Marys. [More]
Martha Martin Coby, 97, of Celina, died 7:15 A.M. Sunday, at the Gardens of Cel [More]
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Subscriber stories on December 1st, 2021
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to contribute $30,000 annually for at least three years toward a new career navigator position through the Mercer County Educational Service Center.
CELINA - Versa Pak's $15 million expansion project is nearly finished after the company's new 56,000 square foot facility was recently completed.
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CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday signed off on a request for a $48,000 revolving loan that will help the owners of 3 Graces Boutique purchase the building at 207 S. Main St., Celina, in which their business is housed.
Flyers hold off Cougars for victory
MARIA STEIN - In a span of just under six minutes of game time, Marion Local went from a double-digit lead to hanging on to a single-point margin against Van Wert.
COLDWATER - After Coldwater watched Kalida erase an early lead, the Wildcats had momentum heading into halftime.
But the Cavaliers clamped down on defense in the third quarter and pulled away in the fourth on the way to a 46-32 win in a girls basketball game at the Palace on Tuesday.
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Compiled By Tom Haines
The St. Henry girls basketball team earned coach Nate Uhlenhake his first win with a 47-33 victory at Ansonia on Tuesday.
The Redskins overcame an early deficit to take a two-point halftime lead, then scored 15 in the fourth quarter to ice the game.