NEW BREMEN - For nearly 50 years, the New Bremen Emergency Squad has provided life-saving care and around-the-clock attention to village residents.
Mayor Robert Parker issued a proclamation recognizing New Bremen Emergency Medical Services and its founding and current members for providing vital services. [More]
A beloved Rockford-area ice cream shop is back with new ownership, according to a news release from the village chamber of commerce.
The new owners of Tastee Twirl Rockford, brothers Lucas, Drew and Kyle Luginbill, held a grand opening on June 6. Currently the shop is only scooping ice cream and does not have food available just yet, per a company Facebook post. [More]
CELINA - City councilors passed first reading of an ordinance approving the final plat for Wheatland Acres Phase VII in northwest Celina that would open up roughly 35 new lots.
ST. HENRY - Village councilors on Monday night approved updates to the county's waste management plan and trash collection contract, as well as approved contracts for an upcoming street resurfacing project and mutual aid assistance agreement.
VAN WERT - A newly constructed home at 301 East Second St., Van Wert, is set to go to public auction at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, marking the completion of a two-year construction project led by the carpentry students at Vantage Career Center.
The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association and the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association released its All-Ohio teams for the season as voted on by a panel of coaches with the. The OHSFSCA also released its All-Northwest District honors list.
CELINA - Over the last decade, many local dairy producers have implemented beef-on-dairy crossbreeding, which has shown to offer them a more consistent revenue and allow them to fight the ever-dwindling beef supply.
Coldwater girls capture first state title in 29 years
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - On a dominating Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Coldwater provided a giant exclamation point on an amazing two days of competition.
A blistering final lap by Isabella Zahn in the 4x400-meter relay concluded a tremendous day as the Cavaliers won the Division III girls track and field championship on the campus of Ohio State University. [More]
COLUMBUS - Anna Roessner brought a presence of her own to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium for state track weekend.
The lone representative for Fort Recovery finished with three top-three finishes to score 24 points, good enough for the Indians to finish eighth in the team standings in Division III girls, three points better than ninth-place Minster, which had seven athletes. [More]
PAULDING - A 17-year-old Defiance girl died and a 18-year-old Oakwood man was seriously injured Sunday following a single vehicle accident Sunday morning in Paulding.
WAPAKONETA - A federally funded nutrition education and obesity prevention program that provides hands-on and evidence-based programs to locals of all ages with limited resources is in jeopardy, as federal cuts made in the House-passed reconciliation bill threaten to eliminate it. [More]
Zahn, Minster girls 4x800 win state titles on opening day
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled By Gary R. Rasberry
Izzy Zahn's first jump gave her the championship. Her final jump put the icing on the cake.
The Coldwater senior easily won her second straight Division III long jump title to complete a robust day of running at the 2025 state track and field championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - After over a decade as an internet-only station, Fort Recovery Community Radio will soon be branching out in a new way with the establishment of its first low power FM radio station.
The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office has received a $24,650 state grant to pay for ongoing public safety services to prevent and investigate violent crime.
ELIDA - Mason Welsch's walk-off, run-scoring double with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning propelled the Coldwater baseball team to its first state tournament appearance since 2019.
Hamilton scored five runs in the top of the fifth to break a 2-2 tie and pulled away to defeat Grand Lake in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League opener 16-5 on Friday night at Montgomery Field in Celina in the opener of a three-game series.
New Documentary leads History Channel to Fort Recovery
By William Kincaid
Battles waged at modern day Fort Recovery during the Northwest Indian War in the late 18th century are prominently featured in the first episode of "Kevin Costner's The West," bringing the multilayered saga that many scholars believe has not been given its proper due to a global audience. [More]
CELINA - Two area men were sentenced to probation on Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court, one on a charge related to drug possession and one on a domestic violence charge.
