Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° slight chance chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 78° Tomorrow 78° chance likely 59° 59° likely
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
By Shelley Grieshop
A recently-passed law that gives Ohio's county commissioners the power to authorize property tax exemptions to wind turbine developers could impact local school districts.
Senate Bill 232 gives exclusive power to county commissioners to accept regular property taxes from renewable energy developers or provide them incentives by collecting substantially smaller, annual payments. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is working with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on more than a dozen fraud/scam reports after residents inquired why they were not receiving mail.
"We have received complaints from people residing in the Rockf [More]
Obituaries on July 28th, 2010
Arthur P. Drees, 83, Minster, died at 1:10 p.m. July 26, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. [More]
Esther M. Barr, 91, formerly of Taylorville, Ill., died at 11:30 a.m. July 21, [More]
Lloyd Philip Smith, 91, Celina, died at 12:33 p.m. July 27, 2010, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. [More]
Phyllis J. Egbert, 81, Anna, died at 11:01 a.m. July 27, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Marvin F. Nuss, 87, St. Marys, died at 9:15 p.m. July 27, 2010, at St. Rita's M [More]
Local pictures on July 28th, 2010
Subscriber stories on July 28th, 2010
Area committee keeps working for solution as algae blooms again
GRAND LAKE - Ongoing algae blooms have the public discouraged, but not a group investigating ways to turn around Grand Lake's water quality.
Grand Lake Restoration Initiative fundraising chairman Milt Miller said the group has raised $512,00 in cash and pledges toward a $600,000 goal.
Fire heavily damaged the middle unit of a three-apartment complex Monday night in the 600 block of Murlin Avenue.
Celina Fire Department responded
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Local School district has earned its 10th consecutive excellent rating from the state.
A recently-released district repor
NEW BREMEN - Village council members Tuesday took one more step toward repealing no parking zones in eight locations.
Prior to second reading of le
CELINA - Faber and Associates Attorneys at Law and owners of the local McDonald's restaurants have expanded a shared building at 7706 state Route 703, east of Celina.
CELINA - No Quit.
Those are two words that Celina ACME coach Rob Howell has used often during the ACME season, especially during the postseason.
CELINA - One bad inning was enough to bury the Mariners.
Cincinnati scored six runs with two outs in the third inning and the Steam went on to beat the Grand Lake Mariners, 6-3, in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action on Tuesday night at Jim Hoess Field.