Wind Advisory issued December 29 at 9:16AM EST until December 29 at 11:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A line of showers will sweep across the area during the early to mid afternoon. These showers could bring locally strong wind gusts. Behind these showers, more widespread strong wind gusts will develop with winds diminishing in the evening.
WAPAKONETA - Sales tax revenue in Auglaize County reached an all-time high in 2011, eclipsing the previous high in 2008.
The county collected $7.1 million in 2011, topping 2008's collection of $7.03 million. Collection in 2009 dropped to $6.3 million and rose to $6.5 million in 2010. [More]
GRAND LAKE - Area counties and cities are jointly donating $20,000 per year to help pay for a full-time manager to spearhead clean-up efforts at Grand Lake.
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Board of Health on Tuesday unanimously approved its 2012 budget at $2 million's - nearly $500,000 less than last year's.
Mercer County Board of Elections members continue to increase the inventory of electronic voter verification equipment.
Board members on Tuesday unanimously authorized the $16,525 purchase of 10 electronic poll books and ancillary equipment from Elections Systems & Software.
Parkway broke open a tight game in the second quarter en route to picking up its fifth win of the season as the Panthers earned a 71-60 win over Spencerville in girls' basketball action on Tuesday night.
