CHICKASAW - Councilors at their meeting Wednesday voted to authorize an engineering firm to seek bids on the village's long-awaited $2.1 million infrastructure improvement project.
Access Engineering will advertise for bids in early January and Mercer County commissioners will open the bids on Jan. 20. The county is handling the bidding process. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Minster jumped out to a six-point lead at the end of the first quarter and ended up winning by six points. In between, the margin never wavered by more than four points.
The Wildcats employed some pressure defense to protect their early lead and posted a 47-41 victory over Midwest Athletic Conference rival New Bremen in a girls basketball game Thursday evening at the Cardinal Gymnasium. [More]
CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District officials on Thursday bid farewell to Steve Heckler and Theresa Howick, whose terms expire at the end of the month.
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart said his office has a full slate of work planned for 2020, including replacing the Wabash Road bridge, continuing shoulder widening with side ditch layovers and chip-and-sealing 100 miles of county and township roads.
WAPAKONETA - Auglazie County Health Department officials in a Wednesday news release reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last update on Tuesday, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 5,425.
Celina surrendered 20 points in the first quarter on the way to a 49-32 loss at Van Wert in a Western Buckeye League girls basketball game on Thursday.
Medina quarterback Drew Allar was named the 2021 Ohio's Mr. Football by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association on Thursday, capping off the final postseason honors along with the Division I All-Ohio teams.
