Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Mercer County Fair will have beer
Board takes vote after beer protesting crowd departs the meeting
By Timothy Cox
Beer will be sold at the 2007 Mercer County Fair.
In a late-night vote after all spectators had left the Tuesday night meeting of the Mercer County Fair Board, members voted in favor of beer sales. Along with the vote, board members adopted 10 rules concerning alcohol sales. [More]
Pool house gets a makeover
By Margie Wuebker
MINSTER - Pouring rain and rumbling thunder did not stay village councilors from their appointed rounds - viewing work underway at the Minster Municipal Pool - prior to their Tuesday night meeting.
The interior of the pool house has been transformed from what Village Administrator Don Harrod describes as a "dingy, congested area" to one that is bright and open. [More]
Trio of Grand Lake area teams to play at Fifth Third Field in Dayton
By Gary R. Rasberry
The chances for any high school baseball player to play at any level of professional baseball is very slight.
But for three local baseball teams, the chance to play at the professional baseball stadium is coming up in a week.
Minster, Marion Local and New Bremen will get the chance to play at Fifth Third Field, the home field for the Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League, on April 15 as part of an afternoon doubleheader. [More]
Obituaries on April 4th, 2007
Franklin Fellers
Franklin B. "Big Frank" Fellers, 48, of Yorkshire, died at 4 a.m. April 3, 2007, at his residence. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Martha Karch
Martha M. Karch, 95, 1001 Myers Road, Celina, died at 10:50 a.m. April 1, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Beulah Miller
Former Celina resident Beulah M. Miller, 87, of Reynoldsburg, died April 2, 2007, in Reynoldsburg. [More]
Larry Sanders
Larry Sanders, 58, of Wapakoneta, died at approximately 8:30 a.m. April 2, 2007, in an airplane crash in Tennessee. [More]
Local pictures on April 4th, 2007
Subscriber stories on April 4th, 2007
The mystery of the missing drinking water
ROCKFORD -Council learned the village is losing between 75,000 to 90,000 gallons of treated water a day from an unknown leak in its water system.
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Ho, Ho, Ho - It's a joke on the Easter Bunny
Fleece hats might be more appropriate this Easter than frilly bonnets.
The high for Easter is forecast at 40 degrees, and it won't lift anyone's spirits to know Christmas Day was warmer at 44 degrees.
Sentences suspended
Two former co-workers who admitted selling wire that did not belong to them received suspended jail sentences during a March 28 appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Parking lots to be resurfaced
All of the St. Henry Consolidated Local Schools parking lots will be resurfaced and painted in a few weeks.
During the regular board meeting Monday night, board members accepted a $23,000 bid for the job from Gavit Paving, North Star.
One bid OK'd, second to be rebid
WAPAKONETA - The baler/conveyer recycling equipment bid went over estimate and must be rebid but a second bid to prepare a five-year operational plan was accepted at the Auglaize County Solid Waste Management District's special meeting Tuesday afternoon.
No concrete decision made for street reconstruction
MINSTER - Plans for decorative detail in connection with the Hanover Street Reconstruction Project are not set in stone, or brick, for that matter.
Helicopter rides offered at fair
Mercer County Fair Board members signed a contract Tuesday night to allow an area pilot to offer helicopter rides at this year's fair.
Not only will the new attraction give fair-goers something exciting to do, it could also prove to be a good money-maker for the fair, officials said.
Rockford pool in need of lifeguards
ROCKFORD - The village swimming pool will not be able to open this summer unless more lifeguards apply for jobs, according to Village Administrator Jeff Long.
McDonald's in Celina gets an extreme makeover
Public relations representative hired to get fast food restaurant involved with the communities it serves
People may have noticed the bright new copper roof on the McDonald's restaurant in Celina. But the new roof is just a small part of an extensive remodeling project that has changed the look of the eatery inside and out.
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