Flood Watch issued April 2 at 9:21PM EDT until April 6 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...The following counties, in Indiana, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, the following counties, in Kentucky, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and the following counties, in Ohio, 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...Through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Soils remain moist and excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of rain will occur into the weekend with the heaviest rain expect Thursday night into Friday morning and then again Saturday into Saturday night.
Tornado Watch issued April 2 at 9:13PM EDT until April 3 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 103 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON OWEN PENDLETON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
HIGHLAND
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 3 at 12:00AM EDT until April 3 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Darke County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1245 AM EDT.
* At 1200 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newport, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Fryburg, Montra, Union Corners, Newbern, Bradford, Lockington, Darke County Airport, Covington, Botkins, State Route 47 at US Route 127, Fort Loramie, Hardin, Pemberton, Logansville, Bloomer, Lakeview, Lake Loramie State Park, Sidney, Plattsville, and Minster.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 84 and 107.
57° 57° chance Thu 68° Thu 68° chance 49° 49° Fri 57° Fri 57° likely
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Funds netted for wastewater treatment project

By Shelley Grieshop
The village of Osgood has been awarded an interest-free loan of $210,000 to help finance construction drawings for a proposed wastewater treatment facility for the village.
The wastewater treatment system would replace the home sewage systems that are unlawfully discharging into area waterways, according to the EPA. The loan is from the Ohio EPA Water Pollution Control Fund.
The total price tag of the project and eventual cost to each of the 110 dwellings within the community of about 300 residents was not available from village Mayor Steve Winner.
"We really don't know yet. With the cost of everything rising right now, I don't feel comfortable guessing at this point," he said.
Heather Lauer, spokeswoman for the Ohio EPA, said the project should be completed by 2010, although an exact deadline hasn't been set.
Fanning/Howey Associates of Celina are the engineers for the project. Bids for contractors have yet to go out, Winner said. His main concern right now is obtaining enough funding to get the project completed.
The village, to date, has netted about $500,000 in state and federal funds and are awaiting news on other grant applications that were filed since the project kicked off more than two years ago, Winner said.
The majority of the septic systems in the village allow partially-treated wastewater to flow into storm sewers. The sewers discharge to unnamed tributaries of Mile Creek, which is a Loramie Creek tributary, the EPA said. As a water resource, Mile Creek is used for warmwater aquatic habitat, primary human contact and agricultural and industrial water supplies.
Recent testing has revealed that Mile Creek is not attaining its standards for warmwater habitat, Lauer said. The Ohio EPA and the Darke County Health Department have encouraged village authorities to take the necessary steps to eliminate the water pollution and potential public health threat.
The village's proposed water treatment system will include a lagoon to be built at the corner of Mangen and Darke-Mercer County Line roads. The lagoon will be shared with the neighboring villages of North Star and Yorkshire, who also are in the process of replacing their on-site systems.
"Osgood is taking the lead on this," Winner said. "The state and government like the idea of the three of us going together."
Yorkshire is about 1 mile from Osgood; the corporation limit of North Star is about 4 miles away.
Sewage lines already have been mapped out in Osgood and the design of the lagoon is nearly complete, he added. A village meeting will be announced in the near future to give property owners an opportunity to hear the status of the project, Winner said.
Residents most likely will be required to pay a one-time hook-up fee, a short-term monthly fee to pay back the EPA loan and the long-term monthly fee for the actual sewage treatment, the mayor said.
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MINSTER - Nearly two dozen concerned parents came to the Minster Local Schools board of education meeting Monday night to express dissatisfaction regarding projected staffing for the 2008-2009 school year.
ST. HENRY - The school district will end this fiscal school year with $35,000 in deficit spending, school board members learned Monday night.
"This year we basically broke even," Treasurer Glenn Miller said during the school board meeting.
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The accidental cutting of a fiberoptic cable in Van Wert County signaled major problems for the local 911 system as well as residents trying to place calls.
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