Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Slowing it down
Walking trails, bike paths make for unique journey
By Nancy Allen
The bicycling paths and walking trails in Mercer and Auglaize counties fit a growing movement.
"The whole biking and walking trend has gotten really, really big, and we find people all the time asking 'where's the bike trail,' " Donna Grube, direc [More]
Police find stolen SUV in Wabash River
By Margie Wuebker
Celina police continue to investigate the theft of two vehicles - a motorcycle and an SUV - Saturday during the Lake Festival.
Michael J. Burbee of Flint, Mich., filed a report at 7:42 p.m. after discovering his 1998 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle missing from a parking area near Lakeshore Drive and South Main Street. [More]
Obituaries on July 31st, 2012
Robert Cisco Sr.
Robert C. Cisco Sr., 87, St. Marys, died at 2:30 p.m. July 30, 2012.
He was b [More]
Sylvester Bruggeman
Sylvester W. Bruggeman, 93, St. Henry, died July 30, 2012, at Briarwood Village [More]
Paul Zehringer
Celina native Paul W. Zehringer, 61, of Mesa, Ariz., died July 25, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. [More]
Samuel Lane
Samuel Lane, 70, Celina, died at 2:20 a.m. July 31, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical [More]
Betty Dailey
Betty L. Dailey, 79, Van Wert, died at 8:20 p.m. July 29, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. [More]
Local pictures on July 31st, 2012
Subscriber stories on July 31st, 2012
Fair changes, yet stays the same
Head of selling committee has been on the job 30 years
WAPAKONETA - Changes have come to the Auglaize County Fair in the last 30 years, but it has largely stayed the same.
Jack McBride, head of the juni
Mercer County housing inmates from elsewhere
Agreement brings in funding for sheriff's department, county
The population of the Mercer County Detention Facility is increasing due to other jurisdiction's paying to house their inmates at the facility.
Capt. Jody Lange, jail administrator, said today's population of 58 inmates includes 12 from Madison County and four from Darke County.
City plans crackdown on door-to-door sales
Celina
CELINA - City officials have aggressively pursued new pieces of legislation to cleanup Celina and further protect its citizenry.
The current target - unsolicited, door-to-door peddlers.
Final action taken for proposed tax levy
St. Henry
ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday night took the final step to place a permanent 1/2 percent income tax levy on the November ballot.
Co
Fugitive nabbed in Indiana
VERSAILLES - A fugitive on the run for two weeks after allegedly stealing vehicles and breaking into homes was arrested Monday night in Indiana.
Ro
Grandmother injured in accident
A 67-year-old Rockford woman was injured Saturday afternoon when she was struck by her granddaughter's car while standing in her North Main Street driveway.
Defective wiring possible cause of fire
MENDON - A fire caused an estimated $30,000 damage to an area home Sunday afternoon.
Mendon firefighters responded to the home of Dan and Mary Snyder, 6155 Tama Road, at 3:40 p.m., after the occupants reportedly smelled smoke and heard crackling and popping noises in the wall.
Reds honoring Correll as part of 'Hometown Heroes' campaign
The Cincinnati Reds have been honoring members of the United State's Armed Forces all season long and on Friday night a Celina native earns the chance to be a special guest at Great American Ballpark.
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