Saturday, August 17th, 2024
By William Kincaid
  COLDWATER - Mercer County Emergency Medical Services' Coldwater branch is making headway in the recruitment department, signing up roughly 10 volunteers to undergo training and serve for at least two years.
Though the branch could still use about a dozen more abled-bodied men and women, the recent recruitment surge is a positive sign amid an areawide struggle to attract and retain volunteers. [More]
Obituaries on August 17th, 2024
Thomas Norbert Rose, 76, Montezuma, died August 15, 2024, surrounded by family. [More]
Brice H. Blair, 94, St. Marys, died at 1:15 a.m. Aug. 16, 2024, at Vancrest of St. Marys. [More]
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Subscriber stories on August 17th, 2024
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer's Office crews began fog seal work on various rural roads in the county this week.
Crews are placing an asphalt sealant onto roads that were chip sealed recently.
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Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry won a three-team girls golf match over Wapakoneta and Indian Lake on Friday afternoon at the Wapakoneta Country Club.
By BEN FINLEY
Associated Press
Scott Bloomquist, a dirt track race car driver who was known for his bravado and for being one of the sport's best, died Friday in a plane crash on his family's farm in Mooresburg, Tennessee, friends and local officials said.