Dense Fog Advisory issued January 31 at 3:09AM EST until January 31 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter to one half mile in dense fog. * WHERE...In Indiana, Fayette, Union, Wayne, and Franklin Counties. In Ohio, Butler, Darke, Mercer, and Preble Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.
Special Weather Statement issued January 31 at 12:56AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Fog will reduce visibilities this morning. Conditions will vary from location to location with locally dense fog in spots. Motorists should prepare for rapid changes in visibility and allow extra time to reach your intended destination.
After years of planning and 15 months of construction, the new Mercer County Adult Detention Center will be completed Friday.
But, there is still much to do. Furniture is planned to be installed beginning Monday. Then comes the task of moving records and other items. Landscaping and other outdoor work will wait until spring. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Struggling students at Fort Recovery Local Schools are getting extra help with academics.
Both middle school Principal Matt Triplett and high school Principal Jeff Hobbs informed school board members on Tuesday night of new programs intended to prevent students from faltering in various subjects. [More]
County has rehabbed, replaced 64 bridges in the last five years
By Shelley Grieshop
Mercer County engineers have added two more bridge projects to their schedule for 2010 in an effort to upgrade as many as possible as funding becomes available.
The two projects currently on their agenda are located in northern Mercer County and have an estimated combined cost of $1.3 million. Both projects have a completion date of Sept. 30, according to county Engineer Jim Wiechart. [More]
ST. MARYS - Budget cuts so far this year have had a big impact on library staff and services, and the future doesn't appear much rosier, according to the executive director at St. Marys Community Public Library.
LIMA - Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Matt Fox minced no words Tuesday morning in the Third District Court of Appeals in the matter of a second appeal filed on behalf of Nicholas Schwieterman, who is serving 24 years in prison for a quadruple fatality.
COLDWATER - A top state soil and water official commended Mercer County farmers and the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District for their help in putting conservation on the land, especially in the Grand Lake Watershed.
