Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Too much rain has put a damper on the growing season for some Mercer County farmers, especially those in the northern part of the county, local ag officials said.
Prolonged rains have kept farmers from planting soybeans and applying nitrogen to corn. It also has caused a mold disease in wheat called wheat scab. [More]
ST. MARYS - Anyone in the market to run a marina may visit the Ohio Department of Natural Resources park office and check out the possibilities at the now-closed East Bank Marina.
Built by the state for the state in the late 1960s, the marina is still leased through the state. It's available again, according to Brian Miller, assistant manager at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park. [More]
CELINA - The City of Celina's general fund deficit is projected at $133,549 to start to 2011, according to preliminary estimates provided by city auditor Emily Stewart.
CELINA - A planned bike path extension in the city has been delayed another year.
Council members on Thursday night passed the second reading of an ordinance to readjust this year's appropriations, including reducing the bike path fund by $454,000.
Mercer County has received $10,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to initiate a recycling program in May 2011 to collect old tires.
CELINA - The Grand Lake Mariners looked good in their final exhibition game of the summer, a 14-1 blasting of Portland on Thursday evening at Jim Hoess Field.
As the weather starts to warm up, it is hard to believe that the chase for the Eldora Stock Car and UMP Modified track championships is beginning to hit the home stretch at Eldora Speedway.
St. Henry scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead over Coldwater, but the Cavaliers rebounded with five runs in the top of the sixth en route to a 7-4 win in ACME action at the Wally Post Athletic Complex on Thursday night.
