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Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

Livestock grand, reserve champions sell at auction

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

The gallon of dairy cattle milk was presented by Ross Reichert, son of Larry and Lynne Reichert. He is a member of the Cassella Buckeyes 4-H Club. The milk was purchased for $14,175 by Mercer County Dairy Association, White Eagle Dairy Co-op, Marion Young Farmers, Fennig-Homan Agri-Business, Overman Trucking, Coldwater Young Farmers, Bohman Ag Service, Bohman Trucking Inc., Jim Stammen/Beck's Seed, Huelsman Automotive, Kahlig Brothers Custom Pumping, Lefeld Equipment, Farm Credit Service, Junior Fair Boosters, Prengers Inc., Hart Nutritional Consulting, Kleinhenz Brothers Livestock, Precision Strip Inc., Peoples Bank Co., Trupointe Co-Op, Roessner Energy Products, Maria Stein Grain, Vantilburg Farms, Farm Credit Service, K&L Tractor Sales, Harvest Sun Farm LLC, Buschur Feeds, Mescher Farms, Werling & Sons, Egbert Livestock, Nor J Farms, Cisco Funeral Homes, St. Henry Bank, Celina Insurance Group, State Rep. Jim Buchy, Dippold Family Enterprises Ltd., Wenning Dairy LLC, North Star Hardware & Implement, COBA Select Sires, Ryan Aberle-Cargill Inc., Dairy Farmers of America/Ted Siefring, W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellarth Funeral, Uhlenhake Dairy, Glacier Hill Farm, ADM/Dave Schlater, Paul Bruns Excavating/Beck Bruns, Wuebker Farm, Gold Top Farm, Bruns Farm, Huelsman Automotive, Reichert Dairy Farm, David Bertke, Blue Ribbon Feed Mill, Fennig Equipment, Seth and Amanda Kohnen, Houts Partnership, Coldwater Auction Service, Mercer County Commissioner John E. Bruns, Second National Bank, Poor Jack Amusements, Seitz Electric, Bee Gee Realty, Bill and Kathy Howard, St. Henry Tile, Grand Lake Builders Supply, Helena Chemical Co., Goettemoeller Agriculture Lime, Big K Mills Inc., Larry and Kathy Schmitmeyer, Menke Consulting, Cy Schwieterman Inc., Pineview Pumping, North Star Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, Celina Animal Hospital, Celina Moose 1473, Joe and Carol Meyer Dairy and Burtch Seed. The milk money is divided among the winning exhibitor, all other dairy exhibitors not selling other species, the livestock auction committee expenses and the dairy exhibitor fund.

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