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.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Obituaries on September 7th, 2010
Alice Lantz Noble, 88, a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community, died at 8:25 a.m. Sept. 3, 2010, at Otterbein. [More]
Michael L. Steinke, 49, Toledo, died Sept. 2, 2010, at his home.
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Opal M. McCord, 89, Fort Recovery, died at 5:38 a.m. Sept. 4, 2010, at Mulberry Health and Retirement Community in Mulberry, Ind. [More]
Marcella Birkmeyer, 94, Coldwater, died Sept. 5, 2010, at the Gardens in St. Henry. [More]
Henry J. "Dutch" Lange, 65, St. Henry, died at 9 p.m. Sept. 4, 2010, at his home. [More]
Virginia Ann Spahr, 45, of Greenville, died at 8 p.m. Sept. 5, 2010, at her home. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Stories on September 7th, 2010
Many hours of planning go into breaking recorda
NEW BREMEN - Yellow police tape rings a large area near the Crown Pavilion where members of the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers are building an oven to bake the world's largest pumpkin pie. They hold the current record and hope to shatter it during the annual Pumpkinfest on Sept. 25.
GRAND LAKE - The Lake Improvement Association (LIA) is looking for a person to chair a marketing campaign to help businesses hurt by Grand Lake's condition.
Three individuals were honored Saturday for their commitment to Grand Lake.
Receiving the Lake Improvement Association's (LIA) Guardian of the Lake
Family members witness fiery accident in Canada
Two brothers - Coldwater natives - died Sunday afternoon in a fiery plane crash in Canada that was witnessed by family members.
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The village of Mendon is under a water boil advisory until sometime Wednesday following a water main break at 11 a.m. Monday.  
Randy Severns, utili
Mercer Health Invitational
CELINA - In keeping with the trend of the last few years, two Mercer County teams battled for the championship at the Mercer Health Volleyball Invitational.
Baltes Classic
ROSSBURG - Like so many American Late Model Series (ALMS) events at Eldora Speedway, Sunday night's Baltes Classic appeared to be heading to an exciting dual between past Eldora track champions Jeep VanWormer and Matt Miller. [More]
Local Roundup
Compiled by Ryan Hines and Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway captured the St. Marys Volleyball Invitational, beating the host Roughriders in the championship match.
CELINA - For veteran Kalida boys soccer coach Dave Czubik, the start of the 2010 season has been an unusual one to say the least. Going into Saturday
Local pictures on September 7th, 2010