CELINA- After a few years of work, the Grand Lake Recreation Club and Lake Improvement Association- along with many other stewards of the lake- came together Friday to celebrate the official opening of an accessible fishing dock, playground and shelter house near Grand Lake's West Bank. [More]
WAPAKONETA- A former St. Marys City Schools bus driver convicted of having sexual contact with a juvenile student was sentenced to over 10 years in prison this week in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court.
CELINA-A 48-year-old Arkansas man this week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court admitted to intimidating an attorney and menacing several others via phone earlier this year.
CELINA- A former fugitive wanted in both Mercer and Darke counties was indicted on additional charges in Mercer County Common Pleas Court this week after a special response team forcibly made entry into his home and arrested him last month.
ROCKFORD - Needing four runs in the bottom of the fifth to trigger the run rule and avoid a rain delay or suspension of play, Parkway came up with what they needed, defeating Perry 13-3 to advance in the Division VI baseball playoffs on Friday night at Don Black Field.
Coldwater's girls kept up their hot performance from Wednesday's opening day of the Division IV district track and field meet by winning the team championship on Friday at the Cooper Tire Track and Field Complex in Findlay.
CELINA - What began as a few ad hoc community-minded initiatives has grown into a formal annual project for Aaron Schmitt's welding program - the design and manufacture of bicycle racks and other pieces of equipment that benefit towns in the nine school districts comprising Tri Star Career Compact. [More]
ELIDA - Three postponements did nothing to stop the action in the Division IV softball district semifinal between St. Marys and Bath at Elida. The Roughriders used a big second inning to eventually lead 5-0, but the Wildcats rallied to steal the win 6-5 in extras and advance to the district final. [More]
ROCKFORD - After 16 years as head coach of the Parkway boys basketball team, Doug Hughes resigned from the role in April following what he said was an uncharacteristic evaluation with Teri Samples, the district's athletic director.
MINSTER - Minster school board members Thursday approved a new three-year contract with the teachers' union and heard a planning update about the property purchase the district approved in December.
MINSTER - Minster opened defense of its Division VII state championship with a 10-0 victory over Waynesfield-Goshen in the sectional final Thursday at Melcher Street Park.
Jacob Bryant's two-out single in the bottom of the seventh scored Trent Summers for the winning run as Ashland defeated Celina 6-5 in the Division III sectional baseball final on Thursday in Ashland.
CELNA - Family-owned farm and food company Cooper Farms is expanding to Celina after having acquired the former JES plant, located at 1800 Industrial Drive.
The company said in a news release the 28,000-square-foot facility will serve as a value-added further processing plant, with future capabilities extending beyond meat processing. [More]
Third-inning run holds up as Minster defeats Parkway
By Joe Schatz
WAPAKONETA - A delay in the action did not stop Wednesday's softball district semifinal between Minster and Parkway from living up to the hype. After play was stopped Tuesday due to rain, the Wildcats scratched across the only run of the game and took down the Panthers 1-0 in a duel in the circle. [More]
ST. HENRY - St. Henry officials are set to celebrate the opening of the town's first-ever permanent pickleball courts this week with a ribbon cutting and dedication on Friday morning.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen school board members Wednesday approved a new three-year contract with the teachers' union and heard an update on the stadium and track project, which is slated to finish in the fall.
Soon after the Treaty of Peace had ended the Spanish-American War of 1898, which judged by present day standards is looked upon as a minor armed conflict, homelife in Mercer County assummed its usual, placid, happy and close-knit unity.
Good day everyone. I hope all of you are doing well.
We are all underway on another beautiful spring here on our great Grand Lake. If you have not been able to get out to the lake yet this year, make it a priority.
The postseason for track and field got underway as district meets took place with the top four finishers in each event earning berths to regionals next week.
CELINA - The Mercer County Commissioners plan to purchase just shy of 16 acres of wooded land in Celina Westview Park to incorporate into the Mercer County Fairgrounds.
Commissioners signed off Tuesday morning on a purchase agreement with the City of Celina for the 15.69-acre wooded lot at 0 Hierholzer St. Under the terms of the agreement, the county will buy the land for $157,000 and take possession of it on Aug. 1. [More]
CELINA - The tallies may have changed ever so slightly, but the outcomes of the May 5 primary election remain unchanged following the official canvass conducted by the Mercer County Board of Elections on Tuesday.
Lincolnview's Hughes no-hits Coldwater in district semifinal
WAPAKONETA - It was a tough end to a promising season for Coldwater's softball team Tuesday night in Wapakoneta, as the Cavs could not get a hit against Lincolnview's Ila Hughes and the Lancers advanced to the Division VI district final with a 5-1 win.
