CELINA- The Grand Lake region's unemployment rates doubled in June before dramatically dropping in July, which coincides with a cyber attack at Crown Equipment Corporation that halted company operations for at least a week.
MINSTER - State officials have rejected the village's request to modify the State Route 66 safety crossing project, calling the proposals unnecessary and potentially dangerous, village administrator Don Harrod said at this week's regular council meeting.
MINSTER- The button design winner for the 2024 Oktoberfest is Hallie Osterholt, the Oktoberfest Committee announced in a news release.
Osterholt is the daughter of Tom and Sue Sherman. She grew up and resides in Minster.
Horse & Buggy Tales
Bronsart H. Gilberg reminisced on how school districts have evolved.
Early teachers were dedicated to their tasks. To be successful, and a vast maj
Football time is back again as Ohio opens up high school play this week.
All the area teams will take to the field on Friday, but while there are some traditional opening games dotting the schedule, new matchups abound and make for interesting matchups.
Currently, every two years the OHSAA checks the male enrollment count of all the schools with high school football teams in Ohio. These new enrollme
Week One Schedule:
Tonight
Shawnee at LCC
Friday
Columbus South at Celina
St. Henry at St. Marys
Valley View at Coldwater
Wayne Trace at Fort
CELINA - After posting the program's best performance in a quarter-century - going 12-3, winning a share of the Western Buckeye League title and reaching the Division III state semifinals - Celina will look to build upon that success this season.
COLDWATER - As is the case with the Coldwater football team every season, Chip Otten will have to fill some spots to try and keep the team rolling.
That's nothing new for the Hall of Fame coach beginning his 15th season as head coach of his alma mater.
FORT RECOVERY - With a small roster, Fort Recovery will be leaning on its upperclassmen for leadership.
The Indians bring back five starters on offense and six on defense, but only have 26 players on the team this fall.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local's trophy collection has grown.
So have the expectations.
After 48 straight wins and 14 state championships, including three straight, Flyers coach Tim Goodwin's message to the team is simple: Play like Flyers.
MINSTER - Perseverance was the key word for Minster last season as the team had to battle through some injuries to post the first 10-win season since winning a state title in 2017.
NEW BREMEN - After winning its second state football title in 2022, New Bremen slipped to 5-7 last season. But with 12 returning letterwinners, coach Chris Schmidt begins his 10th season at the helm of the Cardinals looking to get back above .500.
ROCKFORD - Under new coach Brian Schmidt, the Panthers have more kids out for football and will look to improve on last year's 2-9 campaign.
Schmid
ST. HENRY - New coach Josh Werling will look to build on last season's tournament run, when the Redskins pulled off two upsets to reach the regional semifinals.
ST. MARYS - After recovering from 0-4 to reach the playoffs last year, the Roughriders are loaded for bear to start this season.
St. Marys brings back 19 starters, including four offensive linemen and its top two running backs in the Wing-T offense.
CELINA -New Celina volleyball coach Dani Stose inherits a squad that will look to get back in contention for a Western Buckeye League title.
The Bu
COLDWATER - After a 25-win season and a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball championship that ended in the district finals, Coldwater will look to get back to state as the team did in 2022.
FORT RECOVERY - After a 17-7 season last year ended in the district semifinals, the Indians return two hitters and their setter as they look to another postseason run.
MARIA STEIN - As Katherine Dirksen takes over as head coach of the Marion Local volleyball team, the former Flyer has inherited an experienced group that went 18-8 and lost to eventual state champion New Bremen in the district final.
MINSTER - Second-year head coach Chelsea McGhee believes teamwork will make the dream work for Minster.
The Wildcats lost a number of hitters, incl
NEW BREMEN - With some key cogs returning, the New Bremen volleyball machine will be primed to make another run toward the top in 2024.
In the past seven seasons the Cardinals have claimed four state titles, two runner-up trophies, and five Midwest Athletic Conference titles.
NEW KNOXVILLE - After a tough campaign a season ago, the New Knoxville volleyball team will look to build upon the positives.
The Rangers went 5-1
ROCKFORD - Parkway brings back seven starters from a young 2023 team and looks to build on that experience this fall.
Two All-Midwest Athletic Conf
ST. HENRY - After making its second trip in three years to state, St. Henry has a host of experienced players back this fall.
Senior Rya Buschur starts her fourth varsity season. Molly Wendel, Ellie Fullenkamp, Lauren Thieman, Morgan Baumer, Olivia Gast and Brianna Mangen start their third.
ST. MARYS - Entering her fifth season, St. Marys volleyball coach Caley Yoder has a solid nucleus of returning starters from a Roughrider team that finished second in Western Buckeye League last season.
