CELINA - Mercer County board of health members on Wednesday morning approved an order compelling a Celina rental property owner to contact the Mercer County Health District and allow staff to conduct testing in relation to an ongoing sewage nuisance.

ST. MARYS - The swimming pool at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park campground will be open to the public free of charge today.

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NEW BREMEN - Work is expected to begin next week on a new bus garage, school board members learned at Wednesday night's regular meeting.

Construction should wrap up on Sept. 23, superintendent Jason Schrader said.

The summer festival season is now in full swing with two more community shindigs unfolding this weekend in Mercer County - Rockford Community Days and Zuma Days.

NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Wednesday passed legislation to award a nearly $600,000 contract for the wastewater treatment plant lagoon sludge removal project.

WAPAKONETA - The number of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 reported in Auglaize County in May were four times higher than April, Auglaize County board of health members learned Tuesday.

FORT RECOVERY - The key to winning baseball can be summed in the following phrase: "Get 'em on, get 'em over and get 'em in."

For six innings, Celina got 'em on and got 'em over, but getting 'em in was a challenge as the Bulldogs stranded 14 and scored just twice. [More]

ST. HENRY - After Coldwater approached the run-rule margin in the first three innings, St. Henry seized the momentum and cut the lead to 8-6 heading into the seventh.

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Grand Lake plated six runs in the fourth inning and scored four in the bottom of the eighth to trigger the run rule and defeat Southern Ohio 11-1 in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action on Wednesday at Montgomery Field.