Menards and a Sonic restaurant will open in Celina in approximately two weeks, and a deal is nearly complete for another retail business in the Harbor Square Development.
Officials for Menards say the sprawling 240,000-square-foot home improvement store officially will open for business on June 10. A grand opening celebration is slated for June 28, according to store general manager Chris Schroeder. [More]
Celina City Council members will need to approve supplemental appropriations, including $236,000 from the general fund, in order to make the city's 2008 budget whole.
Safety Service Director Jeff Hazel informed the city's personnel and finance committee about the budget discrepancy and need for additional funds on Wednesday evening. [More]
Lorena E. Heitkamp, 85, of McCartyville, died at 7:58 a.m. May 28, 2008, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, where she resided the past 18 days. [More]
Former Minster resident Katherene "Kitty" E. Kohlhepp, 89, died at 8:27 a.m. May 28, 2008, at the Wright Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Fairborn. [More]
A St. Henry man implicated in the traffic deaths of four area men waived his rights to a speedy trial during a Wednesday afternoon appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Additional court proceedings also are scheduled in the cases of Nick Schwieterman and Kyle Schmitmeyer stemming from a March 15 traffic accident that resulted in four fatalities.
The drive to qualify for state in four events ended on Wednesday for Celina senior track standout Julie Snyder as she barely missed the top four in the high jump at the Division I regional at Steele High School in Amherst.
Parkway's Jensen Painter and Versailles' Emily Bohman were honored as the top baseball and softball players respectively by the coaches of the Midwest Athletic Conference as the All-MAC teams were released.
