CELINA - City council members on Monday night authorized the placement of a seven-year renewal of an additional 0.5% income tax levy on the May 3 primary election ballot.
Councilors also met in executive session to discuss the purchase of property for public purposes and/or the sale of property at competitive bidding and to hold conference with city law director George Moore to consider disputes subject to pending or imminent court action. No action was anticipated after executive session. [More]
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Monday reported 141 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last report on Thursday, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 6,036.
The county's rate of community transmission and test positivity has also skyrocketed since Thursday's report, a trend county health commissioner Oliver Fisher said is distressing. [More]
ST. HENRY - Mayor Steve Koesters said Mercer County commissioners seemed receptive to a proposal to develop and extend waterlines to a new wellfield south of the village.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday held first reading of water and sewer rates ordinances, that if passed would increase resident's water and sewer bills.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members voted at Monday's meeting to accept tax rates set by the county budget commission, which includes a slight reduction in the millage of an emergency levy as a result of increased property valuation in the district.
ST. HENRY - When St. Henry runs its offense and takes care of the ball, good things are bound to happen.
The Redskins used hot shooting early and out-scrapped a tenacious Russia squad to pick up the 61-50 win at Redskin Gymnasium in a Monday night matchup.
