Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
66° 66° chance likely Sun 79° Sun 79° likely 56° 56° Mon 67° Mon 67° chance
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
Hydroponic facility sprouts up in Wapak
By Nancy Allen
NEW BREMEN - A hydroponic greenhouse company from Canada is planting new roots in Wapakoneta with a $250 million facility.
Golden Fresh Farms, a sprawling site along U.S. 33 at the I-75 exit, will start growing tomatoes in January for harvest in March. [More]
Celina family finalizes the adoption of Maddy
By Jared Mauch
CELINA - Brian and Kelly Anderson have finalized the adoption of 2-year-old Maddy after a monthslong dispute with Allen County Children Services that went all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court.
The Andersons closed the adoption on Friday in Mercer County Probate Court after a best-interest hearing, Brian Anderson told the newspaper this morning. [More]
Obituaries on December 13th, 2016
Ronald Wendel
Ronald C. "Ronny" Wendel, 72, Wendelin, Ohio, died on December 11, 2016, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
Gregory Frazier
Gregory Paul Frazier, 69, of Celina, OH, died December 10, 2016 in Lima Memorial Health System, Lima, OH, at 4:57 pm. [More]
Jon Maras
Jon Alan Maras, age 59, of Celina, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at his residence. [More]
David Liette
David Liette, 64, St. Marys, died on Dec. 11, 2016, in the emergency department [More]
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Subscriber stories on December 13th, 2016
St. Marys firefighters likely to receive 2 percent raises
ST. MARYS - The city's 12 firefighter-paramedics and captain-paramedics likely will receive 2 percent pay raises each year for the next three years.
St. Henry buys land for well field
ST HENRY - The village has purchased a 66-acre lot west of town to develop a well field for the village.
The purchase was announced during Monday's
Tree removal set at Coldwater park
COLDWATER - Several trees in Coldwater Memorial Park must be cut down, according to a review done by an Ohio Department of Natural Resources specialist.
Voress new fire chief in New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - A new era is set to begin for the New Bremen German Township Fire Department, council members learned Monday night.
Bob Kuck, who had served the department for 36 years, including 22 as chief, retired Nov. 30.
Minster district's choir program set to expand
MINSTER - The district's choir program is poised to grow in the coming years.
Choir director Abby Brigadoi shared her plan for the program that in
St. Henry board learns about new writing tool
ST. HENRY - School board members learned about a new tool educators use to help students expand vocabularies and use complete sentences when writing.
Hoying helps Eagles to first bowl since 1987
Coldwater grad overcomes knee injury to play key role for Eastern Michigan
A year ago, Brody Hoying was recovering from surgery and he and his Eastern Michigan football teammates were preparing to spend the holidays with family.
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