A new "Big Bob," the world's largest handmade bass, will be unveiled Saturday at the Celina Lake Festival parade.
The bass has been a popular mainstay in the festival's parade since 1965, when the fish float was constructed by the late Robert "Red" Adams. The whopper is 31 feet long, 14 feet high (to dorsel fin) and 4 feet wide - making it the largest by 1 foot based on Web research by Brenda Robinson, whose family undertook restoration of the fish earlier this year. [More]
Once again, the state is being sued over flooding caused by Grand Lake's West Bank spillway.
This time, 86 landowners have filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking compensation for their flooded land along the Wabash River and Beaver Creek. [More]
Christopher J. Redd admits he has some big shoes to fill as the newly named band director for the Marion Local school district.
Superintendent Carl Metzger hired the Atwater resident several weeks ago but the board of education made it official Monday night. His one-year contract with extended time service comes with a salary of $50,109.73. [More]
ST. HENRY - For the first time in 20 years, the board of education on Tuesday approved four-year contracts for three administrators - Superintendent Rod Moorman and two school principals.
Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday took the first step toward placing a renewal property tax levy on the ballot in November to help fund the county home west of Celina.
Marion Local school district officials will use the majority of $184,905 in federal stimulus funds to provide instructional support for students and to upgrade doors at both buildings.
MINSTER - Local councilors Tuesday night unanimously approved the issuance of a 10-year note at an interest rate of 4.10 percent to cover unpaid assessments from the Hanover Street reconstruction project.
Jim Coons, executive director of the Southwestern Auglaize County Chamber of Commerce, will be returning to Celina radio station WCSM as program director and morning announcer in early August.
