Illness 'widespread' in 46 states, health official says
By Ed Gebert
WAPAKONETA - Flu season is hitting the area and the nation hard this year.
Nationally the flu is at its most serious classification, "widespread," in 46 states, Auglaize County Health Department Director of Nursing Brenda Eiting said at Thursday's regular meeting. Many areas report three to four times as many cases as they did last year. [More]
ST. HENRY - Minster was ranked the top team in the first Associated Press Division IV state poll.
Wendi Moorman and St. Henry won't argue with the pollsters after Thursday.
Courtney Prenger led a quartet of Minster players in double figures with a game-high 20 points, and the Wildcats' pressure defense forced the Redskins into 34 turnovers in a 65-25 victory at Redskin Gymnasium. [More]
Madgealine Edna Denney, 100, of St. Marys, OH died at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday January 10, 2018 at JTDM Hospital in St. Marys surrounded by her family. [More]
A manure application found to have violated the Grand Lake Watershed's distressed watershed rules has been turned over to the state for possible enforcement action.
ST. MARYS - Auglaize County Sheriff's deputies reportedly found drugs in a St. Marys home on Wednesday while executing a domestic-violence arrest warrant for a Coldwater man.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday transferred money from the general fund into accounts for the Soil and Water Conservation District, the Emergency Management Agency and community development department.
NEW BREMEN - A couple spurts of long range offense was all Fort Recovery needed to dominate New Bremen in defensive battle Thursday night at the Cardinal Gymnasium.
Celina was shut out by Bath 3-0 in the third quarter and scored just eight points in the fourth quarter as the Wildkittens picked up the 45-23 win at the Tub in Bath Township in Thursday night WBL girls' basketball. The Bulldogs drop to 1-13 with the loss.
