WAPAKONETA - After Wapakoneta Mayor Thomas Stinebaugh entered a not guilty plea to 17 felony corruption charges on Tuesday, he was ordered to surrender the deed to his residence and his passport as part of his bond.
CELINA - A handful of juveniles, assisted by adult chaperones, harvested 80 pounds of produce from gardens at the Mercer County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials on Wednesday reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last update a week ago, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 3,755.
WAPAKONETA - Mechanical rides and animal shows may be some of the bigger draws at the Auglaize County Fair, but people of all ages can find a bit of fun participating in smaller events.
COLDWATER - A 2.5-mill continuing permanent improvement levy intended to fund maintenance projects including roof repairs and HVAC work for Coldwater Exempted Village Schools failed during Tuesday's special election.
School officials said they will try the levy again at the November general election. [More]
CELINA - Mercer Landmark and Sunrise Cooperatives officials have agreed to form a new company that will manage and operate both existing feed businesses as a single entity.
News of the partnership was announced Monday on Mercer Landmark's website.
"We are extremely excited to announce the uniting of two regional premier feed suppliers into a single operating company, allowing us to better service and support the producers in Ohio and Indiana," the release states. [More]
MINSTER - Village council members during their Tuesday night meeting approved advertising for bids on the estimated $1.53 million Seventh Street reconstruction project.
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members, under suspension of rules, passed an ordinance authorizing the village administrator to execute a new waste disposal agreement with Maharg, Inc., Celina, for garbage pick-up in the village.
Sunflowers star as In Bloom Festival starts Thursday
By Leslie Gartrell
ROCKFORD - The outskirts of Rockford are awash wiyh yellow, which means Schoolhouse Farm's signature crop has blossomed.
Located at 5468 Ross Road, the farm specializes in sunflowers, which will be on full display Thursday through Sunday during the farm's annual In Bloom Festival. [More]
ST. HENRY - A 10-year-old girl was transported to the Mercer County Community Hospital emergency room in Coldwater and later transported by a Lutheran Air helicopter after reportedly crashing a mini bike into a garage door on Sunday.
WAPAKONETA - Trainers John Casey and Nikki Penta of Missouri had already set up part of their Ready Go Dog Show last year at the Auglaize County Fair when fair organizers were forced to cancel many attractions due to state COVID-19 orders.
CELINA - A Celina man died early Saturday morning when his car crashed into a house shortly after a brief chase with the Celina Police Department.
Chad R. Rammel, 33, Celina, died after his car drove off the right side of the roadway near 4001 Mud Pike Road slightly after 4 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. [More]
Todd Feiss drove "S'no Farmer" to a weekend sweep in the 7,500-pound Modified Tractor class as the National Tractor Pullers Association wrapped up its Grand Nationals on Saturday night at Ambassador Park in Fort Recovery.
