Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, from 7 AM Thursday to midnight EDT Thursday night. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range. For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov
FORT RECOVERY - Village officials are excited about the possibility of a new cable provider bringing its services to Fort Recovery and offering some competition to Insight Communications, the village's sole cable provider based out of Hartford City, Ind. [More]
This week's big mover in the computer points is St. Marys. The Roughriders most likely started playing playoff games in week 5, needing to win the rest to make the playoffs.
While the Roughriders had a 3-2 record going into this last weekend, St. Marys lacked a big computer points generating win. This week's win over Ottawa-Glandorf solved that problem and vaulted the Roughriders up from 20th to 12th in the standings. [More]
Donna Grube, director of the Auglaize and Mercer Counties Convention and Visitors Bureau, said cleaning up Grand Lake is high on the list of importance for a couple companies she interviewed for a retention and expansion survey.
ST. MARYS - Legislation to sell the city's turbine unit 6 has been scheduled for vote at the next city council meeting, even though some power plant employees believe the shutdown is not necessary.
The Mercer County Educational Service Center board of governors recently accepted $1.14 million in state and federal grants, according to Superintendent Andy Smith.
