Thursday, November 8th, 2018
Dianne Komminsk pledges money for new center
By Jeff Elking
NEW BREMEN - The school district has received a $1 million donation for the new school project, superintendent Jason Schrader announced at Wednesday's special board meeting.
According to the resolution, Dianne Komminsk has committed to donate the funds to New Bremen Local Schools for the construction of the Komminsk Center for Innovative Thinking. This will serve as a connector between the existing high school and the new building. [More]
By Sydney Albert
ROCKFORD - Apex Clean Energy is scrapping plans for a proposed 450-megawatt wind farm in southern Van Wert and northern Mercer counties, with company officials saying current state policies have created unnecessary barriers.
Dahvi Wilson, ACE's vi [More]
Obituaries on November 8th, 2018
Bernice "Bece" Rose (Wenning) Barge passed away at age 86 on September 16, 2018 in Kent, WA from complications due to COPD. [More]
Rosalyn M. Berger age 90, Minster, died at 5:55 AM on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Landings, Sidney. [More]
LeAnn Frysinger-Mosakowski, 65, of New Haven, IN died Friday November 2, 2018 at her residence. [More]
Connie Lehman, age 78 of Coldwater, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 at her residence in Coldwater. [More]
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CELINA - For more than half a century, the Celina Music Store has sold recorded music in various formats: vinyl records, 8-tracks, cassettes and compact discs.
St. Marys
ST. MARYS - School board members at their regular Wednesday meeting scrapped a list of planned budget cuts totaling $2.6 million that would have been enacted if the 1 percent earned-income tax issue on Tuesday's ballot had failed and instead celebrated student achievement.
ST. HENRY - Several local veterans were honored by St. Henry Boy and Girl Scouts at the American Legion hall on Wednesday night.
To set the tone,
Ohio's U.S. Senators released comments on Wednesday about the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the request of President Donald Trump.
CELINA - An allegedly delusional Celina man who had threatened suicide on Tuesday evening was subdued through the use of a Taser and removed by police from a maze of pipes and floor joists under his home.
Curtain Call
For Amy Gels, Lori Naseman, Trina Brackman and Holly Brockman, their senior year for the 1993 volleyball season couldn't arrive soon enough.
They
Cavaliers, Redskins face off in Division VI regional semifinals
Sequels can either be instant classics (think "The Godfather, Part 2") or duds (The "Chinatown" sequel "The Two Jakes").
Friday night's rematch of the Backyard Battle between Coldwater and St. Henry at Sidney Memorial Stadium/30 & Field should be a sequel worthy of five stars.
MARION LOCAL VS. LCC
Harmon Field, Wapakoneta
Friday, 7 p.m.
Sixth meeting between the teams (not including game with LCC reserves). Flyers hold 3-2 lead in series.
The Daily Standard's Weekly High School Football Preview Section
Impact Players of the Week
Offense
Zach Niekamp, Running Back St. Henry
13 carries for 125 yards, four catches for 34 yar
Division I - Games at 7 p.m. Friday
Region 1
1 Mentor (10-1) vs. 5 Canton McKinley (9-2) at Brunswick Auto Mart Stadium
7 Lakewood St. Edward (7