ROCKFORD - Village councilors during Tuesday's council meeting learned three condemned properties are unsafe and uninhabitable.

Village administrator Aaron Temple said he issued three zoning violation letters for unkempt houses and structures.

Area officials agreed dry temperatures and low humidity have created ideal conditions for fires to flourish as reports of field and grass fires in Mercer County have doubled since this time last year. [More]

CELINA - City officials are considering a slight increase in water rates to ward off a projected deficit of just over $300,000 in the water account next year.

The calls come one after another by radio to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office K-9 patrol car #5440. A dispatcher informs Deputy Spencer M. Heinl t

VAN WERT COUNTY - Roughly 10,000 mink are still on the loose in Hoaglin Township following an early Tuesday morning farm breakout that is under investigation by multiple agencies. [More]

ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools board of education members at their regular meeting earlier this week accepted a commemorative plaque from the Rockford Chamber of Commerce in celebration of the district's 60th anniversary.

MENDON - Council members during their brief Tuesday evening meeting approved a 4% pay raise for village employees.

During the meeting, which lasted

Wilmington College will have multiple representatives for the first time at the NCAA Division III men's cross country championships taking place this weekend in Lansing, Michigan.