Special Weather Statement issued October 21 at 4:34PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 434 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Delphos to near Versailles, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include... Sidney, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Ada, Fort Shawnee, New Bremen, Minster, Newport, Cridersville, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Alger, Waynesfield, and Chippewa Park.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 91 and 118.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building.
To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
By Margie Wuebker
Fire heavily damaged the garage of a Celina home while the owners were away for the holiday weekend sparking an investigation into the cause.
Celina firefighters responded to the Robert Maddy home at 104 Fochs St. at 1:44 p.m. Monday after a passer-by spotted smoke and flames. [More]
By Mark Ruschau
NEW BREMEN - The Olentangy Orange Pioneers took advantage of sloppy play by the New Bremen Cardinals to post a 38-20 win Saturday night at Cardinal Stadium,
Orange, in their first year of varsity, moves to 2-0 while New Bremen falls to 1-1.
This was indeed an ugly game for the Cardinal football team as they were called for 11 penalties for 125 yards, lost three fumbles and they also had a pass intercepted. [More]
By Jim Morrison
ROSSBURG - If Sunday night's Baltes Classic yields any indication, competitors for the 42nd annual World 100 this weekend at Eldora Speedway should be worried about Batesville, Ark., veteran Billy Moyer.
Moyer, a former winner of the classic dirt late-model event created by Earl Baltes more than four decades ago, dominated Sunday night's Baltes Classic, winning his heat race and leading all 25 laps of the main event. [More]
Obituaries on September 2nd, 2008
Larady A. "JR" Brown Jr., 48, 119 S. Wayne St., Fort Recovery, died at 12:37 p.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at his residence. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Donald B. "Tiny" Brunswick, 81, 2082 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, Fort Recovery, died at 5:23 a.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Bernard A. "Ben" Droesch, 86, 6897 Droesch Road, Chickasaw, died at 2:20 a.m. Aug. 31, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Former Celina resident Barbara Ann Freeman, 73, of Englewood, died Aug. 27, 2008, at the Medem International Clinic and Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia. [More]
Margaret Frye, 80, of Celina, died Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence.
She was [More]
Former New Bremen resident Lloyd J. Laut, 105, died at 8:50 a.m. Aug. 31, 2008, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Kathryn E. Porter, 92, of Delphos, died at 8:10 a.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at her daug [More]
Local pictures on September 2nd, 2008
Subscriber stories on September 2nd, 2008
DURBIN - For 110 years folks have gathered on Labor Day at John Rhodes' grove for bean soup cooked in huge caldrons on wood fires all day long. This year was no different.
FORT RECOVERY - Forty-four years of service and probably two million cookies later, Fort Recovery High School's 78-year-old cook and summer janitor Helen has no intention of quitting anytime.
Deadline to sign up for program developed by local officials is Sept. 20
A seven-month leadership program for persons interested in learning more about the agriculture community in the Grand Lake area will be held starting this fall.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
and Gary R. Rasberry
Marion Local captured its fifth straight Mercer Health Volleyball Invitational on Saturday, not dropping a game in three matches.
CANAL WINCHESTER - The Marion Local Flyers made a long bus trip to the east side of Columbus on Saturday night to take on the Harvest Prep Warriors, and though they didn't earn any style points, they took the win and headed back home.
NEW BREMEN - Saturday evening before the New Bremen-Olentangy Orange football game, the New Bremen Local Schools, and in particular the Cardinal Booster Club, broke ground for the Cardinal Athletic Complex.