Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
ST. MARYS - City officials are questioning whether to repair again a problem turbine at the city power plant or to simply shut down the plant.
This turbine unit is staffed and coal-fired, according to Electric System Superintendent Jerry Wolfe. Thus, operating this unit involves several city employees. [More]
Delores "DeDe" Lange Anderson, 43, of Celina, died at 10:15 p.m. Sept. 23, 2007, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Celina City Council members voted to pay the outstanding $14,400 share of their $511,000 design and engineering bill for the ongoing water improvement project.
COLDWATER - Village officials are frustrated after learning the cost for the village's workers' compensation coverage will more than double next year, from $34,600 this year to a whopping $75,055.
COLDWATER - Village Manager-Engineer Eric Thomas told councilors on Monday that last week's meeting with Leona Hohman, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), went well.
