Mercer County Democrats have recommended that Celina City Councilman Bill Sell fill the board of election seat recently vacated by Mark Uhlenhake.
At a party meeting this week, members of the combined central and executive committee voted for Sell to fill one of their two seats on the board, secretary Betty Cook told the newspaper. Former Mercer County Auditor Mark Giesige of Celina holds the other seat. [More]
ST. HENRY - The high school volleyball postseason doesn't begin for another 11 days, but Redskin Gymnasium had a tournament atmosphere on Thursday night when rivals Coldwater and St. Henry faced off in a Midwest Athletic Conference matchup.
Planting winter cover crops is a growing trend in Mercer County, but the amount in the Grand Lake Watershed hasn't increased much since farmers began planting them in 2009.
WAPAKONETA - Mercer and Auglaize county commissioners met in joint session Thursday to set new rules and regulations for the Sandy Beach Sewer District.
ST. MARYS - Harry and Joan McPheron of St. Marys have been taking short-term mission trips the past 13 years, with a large portion of that time spent with the gypsy population in Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Hungary.
COLDWATER - The annual Lions Invitational gave local cross country teams one last tuneup prior to conference and postseason meets on Thursday at Community Park and Cavalier Stadium in Coldwater.
MINSTER - Though they were completing a grueling stretch of volleyball, the Marion Local Flyers put on a tour de force on Thursday night to stay in control of the Midwest Athletic Conference title race.
The boys golf season ended for local players on Thursday as no teams or individuals made it out of either the Division II or Division III district tournaments.
