Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
66° 66° chance likely Sun 79° Sun 79° likely 56° 56° Mon 67° Mon 67° chance
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
By Nancy Allen
Local agriculture officials agree rain is needed and yields will be down this year, but the jury is still out on how great yield losses will be.
Due to rainy spring weather this year, planting was done at various times. Some crops got in early, some got in on time and some were late, so the local fields are at various stages of growth. [More]
Two Mercer County men lost over $100,000 each
By Shelley Grieshop
WAPAKONETA - An area businessman is heading to prison for scamming numerous area victims including two southern Mercer County men who each lost more than $100,000.
Brian K. Selby, 41, 234 Southway Drive, St. Marys - the former owner of Affordable Motor Sales in downtown St. Marys - was sentenced Monday to 14 years and 11 months in prison during a standing-room-only hearing in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court. He was ordered to pay a total of $326,902 in restitution to the victims. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
After tying for first in the team standings over the weekend at the Lima City Tennis Tournament, Celina and St. Marys met Monday in a sort of tiebreaker when the teams met at Celina's courts for a Western Buckeye League dual match.
The Roughriders took two of the three singles while Celina dominated the doubles and got a big win from Shelby Decker as the NetDogs took the match 3-2 to improve to 3-0 in WBL duals. St. Marys suffers its first WBL loss in falling to 2-1. [More]
Obituaries on August 26th, 2008
Former New Knoxville resident Carol "Bud" Ireton, 81, 2117 Kensington Drive, St. Marys, died at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 24, 2008, at Hospice of Dayton. [More]
Local pictures on August 26th, 2008
Subscriber stories on August 26th, 2008
Celina Councilman Ed Jeffries cast the lone vote against building a concrete water intake structure on West Bank Road at the regular council meeting Monday.
There is no way Celina voters would approve a half-percent income tax to create a public works fund unless they know the specific use of their money, city resident Don Kohnen told council members on Monday night.
ST. MARYS - Council approved first reading of a leash law for dogs but not without spirited discussion and a city council voting first.
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Mercer County Board of Elections members approved the ballot referendum that gives East Jefferson Township residents a November vote on a height increase for industrial structures.
COLDWATER - Village Manager-Engineer Eric Thomas will be applying for Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) Issue I funding for three projects that officials hope to undertake in 2009.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry placed its four scoring golfers under 50, setting a school record for low nine-hole score for the second time in less than a week in beating New Bremen, 189-223, at The Elks on Monday.