Here are some of the construction projects underway or starting soon in Mercer and Auglaize counties.

Mercer County has applied for a $92,532 Nonpoint Source Program Grant through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to restore wetlands at Windy Point on the south shore of Grand Lake.

"The project will restore 14.3 acres of wetlands and upland habitat on land owned by the Mercer County commissioners - 5.6 acres will be under water, and the remaining 8.7 acres will be planted with warm season grasses and forbs," Ag Solutions coordinator and project coordinator Theresa Dirksen told the newspaper. Forbs are herbaceous flowering plants.