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Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM 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 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Photo by Margie Wuebker/The Daily Standard

Carolyn Partlow visits historic Lock One in New Bremen - the setting for a new book titled "The Odyssey of the Blue Swan." The Henryville, Ind., resident prepared the manuscript for publication after the author died without seeing it in print. Now a motion picture company is interested in bringing the tale of life on the Miami and Erie Canal to the movie screen.

Related online story:

Book on canal life may become film

NEW BREMEN - Alwyn A. Carder never lived long enough to see his book "The Odyssey of the Blue Swan" published.

And now the tale of life along the Miami and Erie Canal in towns such as New Bremen, Minster and St. Marys could be headed to the movie screen. [More]

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