ST. MARYS - City officials have trimmed $1.2 million from the proposed $70 million 2019 city budget.
Safety service director Greg Foxhoven on Monday recommended the budget cuts to finance committee members.
"We made nine reductions because we just felt that the numbers were too high, and city auditor Doug Riesen is still in the process of determining what the projected revenue will be," he said. [More]
Federal offices, including the U.S. Postal Service and Mercer and Auglaize counties' Farm Service Agency offices will either be closed or provide limited services on Wednesday in remembrance of former President George H.W. Bush.
FORT RECOVERY - Base monthly water and wastewater rates will increase for village residents and businesses starting Jan. 1, part of a series of incremental increases that was first approved in February 2017.