Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
MINSTER - A pair of businesses will pay $40,000 to buy the Hanover Street School that has been closed for the last four years.
School board members this morning accepted the bid from Current Medical Services, of Sylva, N.C., and Midnet Media, of Minster, Kelly Clusters of Current Medical Services said in a news release. [More]
Fort Recovery football founders proud of how far program has come
By Colin Foster
FORT RECOVERY - Pat Niekamp, Randy Diller, Bill Bechtol and Ed Wehrkamp become excited and emotional when they speak about the recent success of the Fort Recovery football team.
All four men helped launch the program in the early 1990s with the goal of becoming a winner. [More]
Area residents ecstatic over three state-bound teams
MERCER COUNTY - Football fever has taken over Fort Recovery, Coldwater and the Marion Local area as the three schools send teams to the state finals this weekend - the first time three Mercer County teams have reached championship games in the same year.
Mayor confident about payback, expanding city operations, improvements
CELINA - City officials in 2016 will continue to whittle away at Celina's aggregate debt of $17.9 million, which includes principal and interest on loans for capital projects and purchases.
MINSTER - A local company has been found non-compliant with an Ohio Development Services Agency grant but the issue has been resolved, a company official says.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners this week countered a local contractor's allegations that bid specifications aren't being followed by competing companies hired by the county.
