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.
WAPAKONETA - Armstrong Air and Space Museum officials are about halfway to their fundraising goal for a $2.9 million expansion project.
The project is the first of three proposed expansions and is estimated to cost a total of $9.72 million, museum director Christopher Burton said. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Despite the setbacks Republicans have faced in trying to get a new national health care bill enacted, U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Troy, remains optimistic they'll get it right.
"There's a very real possibility that (this) week when we go back that we'll be voting on this bill. I don't know whether or not people will stay on it," Davidson said while addressing the Mercer County GOP Reagan Day Celebration on Friday night at the Homan Barn in Maria Stein. [More]
CELINA - A man accused of robbing the Best Western hotel April 9 has been indicted by a Mercer County Grand Jury on five felony counts and one misdemeanor count.
MARIA STEIN - After being named the best in his field by the The County Engineers Association of Ohio late last year, Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart was given another feather to add to his cap - Mercer County Republican of the Year.
CELINA - Organizers from Monaco International, one of the largest chapters in the Family Motor Coach Association, have chosen the Mercer County Fairgrounds to host the group's Great American 4th of July Rally.
COLDWATER - The bats of the Coldwater softball team were cold in the opening game of a Saturday softball doubleheader with Bath at Lady Cav Diamond, but came alive in game two to earn a twin bill split with the Wildkittens.
St. Henry baseball coach John Dorner reached a career milestone as St. Henry reached .500 on Saturday with a 12-2, six-inning win over Fort Jennings at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
