ST. MARYS - Julie Metz and her therapy dog Natalie have returned to the halls of St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima after a year away due to COVID-19 restrictions.

CELINA - Grand Lake has lost several fish species that were once historically documented, but biology professor and research coordinator Stephen Jacquemin of Wright State University-Lake Campus said some species could possibly be restored.

Voters in Gibson, Granville, Marion and Recovery townships and the villages of Burkettsville, Chickasaw, Fort Recovery and St. Henry will vote on a new tax levy for the Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District at the May 4 special election.

ST. HENRY - Through three innings, the St. Henry baseball team was locked in a pitchers' duel. After the top of the fourth, the Redskins were looking up at a 6-0 deficit and wondering what happened.

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Celina snapped back from Friday's loss to Van Wert with a sweep of New Haven (Indiana) at Montgomery Field on Saturday to move its record above .500 at 5-4.

CELINA - Many look forward to spring when temperatures warm, their yards turn green again and flowers and trees bloom.

But people with seasonal allergies may find this season of rebirth and renewal downright miserable.

CELINA - School officials are taking another crack at getting a building project issue approved at the May 4 special election.

A roughly $75.9 mill

CELINA - The Ohio Department of Agriculture will allocate $120,000 during the next two fiscal years to fund two nutrient management technicians, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members learned at their Friday meeting.

CELINA - The hope for another comeback win for Celina fell short on Friday at Montgomery Field.

The Bulldogs managed to get a run back from a 2-0 deficit against Van Wert, but the Cougars hung on for the 2-1 victory in Western Buckeye League baseball action.

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Defiance plated four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and defeated St. Marys 6-2 in Western Buckeye League baseball action on Friday in Defiance.

CELINA - Although the Mercer County Health District will no longer hold first-dose drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinics, officials plan to hold smaller clinics at the health district office in Celina based on demand.

CELINA - Local veterans officials say a nationwide records request backlog at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, has disrupted veterans services to varying degrees.

ST. MARYS - City residents will decide at the May 4 special election whether to make a 10-year, 0.5% income tax levy first passed in 1985 a permanent measure.

ROCKFORD - Parkway school district residents will be asked to renew a 5-year, 8.97-mill operating levy when they vote in the May 4 special election.

The levy was first passed May 4, 1993, and has been renewed six time during the years since, according to district treasurer Debbie Pierce.

ST. MARYS - County and St. Marys city officials resumed talks Thursday on the possible sale of the Auglaize County Recycling Facility property from the city to the county.

MARIA STEIN - Carlee Rethman did a bit of everything for St. Henry on Thursday.

The Redskin sophomore pitched a three-hit shutout and added two tr

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Gabe Link held St. Henry to two hits and Marion Local took advantage of three St. Henry errors to defeat the Redskins 5-1 in the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball opener at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

As a teenager, Diamond Long's parents told her she was too small for sports. Until that point, she was playing rugby and competing in track and field.

When her parents told her she couldn't handle rugby, it made her change her athletic plans, if not quite the way her parents expected.

MINSTER - A Minster man was killed Tuesday afternoon in what law enforcement officials say was a machinery accident.

Thomas Wendeln, 59, reportedly died while working on a building on his farm at 716 Minster-Fort Recovery Road, just west of Minster.

Starting Monday, FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses for deaths related to COVID-19 that occurred during the past year.

CELINA - Mercer County board of health members welcomed Angie Stephenson to the board during their Wednesday morning meeting.

Stephenson has been a

Seven seasons after returning to St. Marys to help rebuild the football program after several tough seasons, Doug Frye has decided to step away again

COLDWATER - Macy May's name is all over the record book for the Coldwater swimming program.

Now the Cavalier senior can add another milestone to her resume as she signed with NCAA Division II Findlay on Wednesday.