Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 10:59PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 1059 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Minster, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and very heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Visibility will be poor and hydroplaning is possible.
Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, St. Marys, New Bremen, Minster, Anna, Fort Loramie, Botkins, New Knoxville, Moulton, Osgood, Chickasaw, North Star, Kettlersville, Yorkshire, Fryburg, Montra, Egypt, Lake Loramie State Park, Maria Stein, and Carthagena.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 98 and 112.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building.
Motorists should slow down and use extra caution.
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.
68° 68° chance likely Sat 84° Sat 84° patchy 61° 61° slight chance Sun 84° Sun 84° slight chance
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Photo by Margie Wuebker/The Daily Standard

Joseph Cashore checks out his marionettes prior to a Sunday night performance at New Bremen High School as part of the Lock One Community Arts season. Cashore has a cast of 20 marionettes he has created including Old Man, foreground, the meditative Ramul and Maestro Janos Zelinka. Below, a loving mother and her infant spring to life with the aid of 24 strings manipulated by Cashore, who not only makes the marionettes but adds the lifelike faces and creates the costumes.

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NEW BREMEN - Maestro Janos Zelinka saunters across the stage with hand-hewn cherry violin and bow in hand. He lifts the instrument to his shoulder an [More]
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