Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
Obituaries on December 11th, 2019
Garner Derossett, age 85, of Sidney, Ohio passed away peacefully on Monday, December 9, 2019 at his daughters loving residence in Sidney, Ohio. [More]
Virginia L. Koeper, 80, St. Marys, died 10:30 p.m. Dec. 9, 2019, at Vancrest of St. Marys. [More]
She touched the lives of countless youths in Van Wert, Ohio, during a 29-year c [More]
Charles H. Ayers, age 93, of Celina, Ohio, passed away 9:20 pm on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Parkside Village Senior Living in Westerville, Ohio. [More]
Helen Marie Parker, age 94, of Celina, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at Celina Manor. [More]
Mary M. (Gibson) Casler Davis, age 91, of St. Marys, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019, at Vancrest of St. Marys. [More]
Stories on December 11th, 2019
Village to sell land to Chilltex
MINSTER - Village officials are preparing to sell two acres of land in the Minster Industrial Park to ChillTex, an Anna HVAC company.
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ROCKFORD - Voters will likely be asked to consider a Parkway Local Schools income tax renewal levy on the March ballot.
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WAPAKONETA - Minster's Wooden Shoe Inn has been sold, officials learned at Tuesday's Auglaize County health board meeting.
Environmental health director Curt Anderson said the landmark restaurant was sold to Minster resident Andy Phlipot at the beginning of the month. [More]
NEW BREMEN - There's more than meets the eye when it comes to being on a high school robotics team, New Bremen/New Knoxville Rotarians learned Tuesday morning.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a change order for this year's phase of the ongoing St. Marys River logjam removal project, bumping the contract's price up $12,462 to $49,499.
FORT RECOVERY - Mercer County Sheriff's Office investigators are awaiting lab results from the driver involved in a deadly single-vehicle crash early Saturday in Fort Recovery.
Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart reminds residents living on county and township roadways not to place snow plowed from private driveways onto the roadway.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Mercer County Community and Economic Development Department recently received the 2019 National Rural Economic Developers Association Organization Excellence Award for implementing its rural economic development program.
CELINA - Late-game pressure defense by Coldwater made last week's loss at New Bremen a little more respectable.
Coldwater's pressure was turned all the way up for 32 minutes against Celina on Tuesday. [More]
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Parkway hosted Indiana neighbor South Adams for a dual wrestling match on Tuesday night.
The Starfires came away with a 60-24 win over the Panthers.
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