Zehringer: new manure regs a possibility
GRAND LAKE - Ideas are plentiful but funding is not when it comes to solving the lake's growing algae problem.
Sean Logan, head of the Ohio Departm
Officials remain skeptical, fiscally conservative
Local consumer spending increased 2.4 percent during the first half of the year but officials aren't loosening their budget belts just yet.
Mercer
ST. MARYS - Patrolman Andrew Liming resigned his position with the city police department Tuesday after being charged with driving while intoxicated in an off-duty incident during the weekend.
CELINA - The Buckeye Street water line and storm sewer improvement project will cost the city an additional $52,808 due to unforeseen work and supply costs.
Counseling and other treatment methods prove more successful
Local officials this week approved contracts for juvenile offender counseling - a treatment that reportedly reduces incarceration and recidivism rates.
CELINA - Several alleys in Celina will be resurfaced this summer with work likely to begin two weeks before the Celina Lake Festival.
The $162,000 project will be paid through two grants.
Celina
A Celina man remains incarcerated in the Mercer County Adult Detention Center on a charge of having unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Jerry J. Miller, 18, 6670 state Route 219, is being held on a $125,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing 11:15 a.m. Friday in Celina Municipal Court.
Coldwater schools
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools Treasurer Sherry Shaffer told board members Tuesday evening that she was "a happy camper" after receiving notification about some federal funding.
MINSTER - The old can become new again - or at least traded for something new at Entertainment Exchange.
The video store moved to 368 N. Main St., Minster, in Eagles Acres shopping center for increased space, said Ann Nagel, owner. The store was operated in New Bremen for four years.
CELINA - After lamenting about the lack of clutch hitting in Monday's loss, Grand Lake Mariners skipper Joe Marker was a bit happier on Tuesday night
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys American Legion Post 323 got the better of Fairborn in a slugfest for a 15-10 win on Tuesday night at K.C. Geier Park in St. Marys.
