Grand Lake area
A significant increase in the number of blacklegged ticks and the illness the tiny insects can carry are putting a damper on Ohio's great outdoors.
CELINA - A faulty underground line, not heat-related consumption, caused a short power outage for some businesses and residents near the north section of Main and Buckeye streets on Wednesday afternoon.
Cost pegged at $20,000 to repair park facilities
CELINA - Authorities continue to investigate two arson fires that resulted in approximately $20,000 in damages to two men's restroom facilities at Eastview Park. [
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Council to hear recommendation on smokestack
ST. MARYS - City council's finance committee is recommending tearing down the unused smokestack of the former power plant.
"As time passes, maintenance on it will keep going up and up as that thing ages," committee member Jim Harris said during a meeting Wednesday.
Ohio Clean Lakes Initiative
Ohio officials want new legislation that tracks man-made commercial fertilizer to understand how phosphorus runs into state water bodies.
Mercer County
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members this week decided to incorporate a voter registration system on the county's virtual server and purchase necessary software at an estimated cost of $1,625.
A 26-year-old Celina man with a long history of criminal offenses as a juvenile and an adult is going to prison.
Alex Hirn, 751 Deford St., Lot 156
ST. MARYS - A combination of colors and layered fabric brings to life a story in each of artist Cathy Jeffers' quilts.
Jeffers, an elementary schoo
Miss Lake Festival candidates will peform talents, present platforms
CELINA - The Miss Lake Festival scholarship pageant will be held Monday at a new location, Romer's at Westlake located off state Route 127.
Previou
The Miss Lake Festival Princess Camp program is a mentoring program designed for young girls who have an interest in someday competing in future pageants and promoting community service.
Five contestants are competing in the Miss Lake Festival Outstanding Teen pageant on Monday. They will be judged on talent, evening wear/on-stage question, lifestyle and fitness and private interview. The contestants also are required to select a personal platform issue.
Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame
Compiled by Ryan Hines
When the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame inducts its 2013 class in May, three members of the 12-person class have strong ties to the Grand Lake area. [
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Compiled by Ryan Hines
The Grand Lake Mariners lost for the seventh time in the last eight games after suffering an 8-5 setback at the hands of the Dayton Docs on Wednesday night in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Wright State University.
