Special Weather Statement issued March 16 at 1:28PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Scattered snow showers will become more widespread through this afternoon and then likely linger into this evening before tapering off into tonight. The snow showers will be capable of causing brief periods of reduced visibilities, especially this afternoon. In addition, brisk conditions will prevail with west winds gusting in the 30 to 40 mph range today. Light snow accumulations will be possible, mainly on grassy and elevated surfaces. While roads will remain mostly wet during the daytime hours, some slick spots may develop toward sunset and beyond as temperatures drop below freezing. Please be prepared for the changing weather conditions today and the potential for reduced visibilities when driving.
Three Geotubes containing liquid hog manure were opened Thursday at a Maria Stein hog farm, but reports that will show whether the technology is economically feasible to use as a manure management tool won't be done until June.
Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance Coordinator Laura Walker reported the information Thursday during a meeting of the alliance's joint board of supervisors. [More]
It will be a battle between students from St. Marys and Celina to see who can pick up the most trash during Saturday's annual cleanup around Grand Lake from 9 a.m. to noon.
The winner will win bragging rights and a traveling trophy that hopefully will be reused year after year, said Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Manager Craig Morton. [More]
MINSTER - In a mid-week triangular meet featuring a trio of neighboring MAC schools, the Minster Wildcats played host to the Marion Local Flyers and the New Bremen Cardinals and sent their guests home with defeats on both the boys and girls side.
Although Minster's rosters were depleted, with most of their squads on a band trip to Florida, they were both still able to hold off their opponents to record the clean sweep. [More]
A St. Marys company is one of 55 statewide that have committed to a voluntary reduction of toxin releases, according to a press release this week from the Ohio EPA.
WAPAKONETA - Artist Anna Talei Fisher's country home is perched on a rise overlooking a meadow with a large pond. Through her kitchen window she watches spring brush away the remains of a long winter.
COLDWATER - Support staff at Mercer Health will receive a minimum 3 percent raise each year during the next three years following approval this month of their union contract with hospital board members.
COLDWATER - Olympic medalist and former world record holder Jim Ryun struggled with self-doubt as a boy and didn't find his gift of distance running until high school.
Final permits to install a new hen house that can hold 375,000 additional birds at Ross-Medford Farms in Darke County has been approved by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).
St. Henry - The St. Henry Redskins continued a great week of baseball Thursday afternoon as they stayed alive in the Midwest Athletic Conference by defeating the Fort Recovery Indians 3-2 in conference play at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
ROCKFORD - Marion Local continued its hot streak in softball, taking advantage of eight Parkway errors and strong pitching by Michelle Fleck to take a 11-0 win over the Panthers at Shane's Park.
St. Henry stayed perfect in MAC play as Michelle Stout flirted with a no-hitter as the Redskins downed Fort Recovery 6-0 on Thursday. The Redskins improve to 6-4 and 3-0 in the MAC. The Indians drop to 4-8 and 0-3.
