Obituaries: Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 4 at 9:35PM EST until January 7 at 12:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 1 and 3 inches.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Hardin, and Mercer Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Sunday to midnight EST Monday Night.
* IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning and evening commutes.

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Obituaries on January 15th, 2020

Edward Mueller

Edward Mueller, Grifton, North Carolina, died on Jan. 11, 2020.

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Phyllis Schwarck

Phyllis "Jeannine" Schwarck, 84, of Findlay, OH passed away peacefully Saturday [More]

Debra Peterson

Debra Lynn Peterson, age 65, of Celina, a former Mendon resident, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Celina Manor. [More]

Stories on January 15th, 2020

Wastewater plant to get $1.3M overhaul

Council clears way for bids

CELINA - The city's wastewater treatment plant is slated to undergo an overhaul to the tune of about $1.3 million this year.

City council members t

2 Fort coaches arrested

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery High School softball head coach Esther Stephen and Assistant Coach Shelby Hiestand were arrested recently by Jay County Sheriff's Office personnel in Indiana. [More]

Ready to grow

Zoning OK'd for development; Crown has concerns

CELINA - A new commercial development could be on the horizon after city council members this week approved final reading of legislation to rezone a parcel of land in the Havemann Road corridor.

Teen returned to area to face rape charge

CELINA - A teenage male charged with the rape of a Mercer County 5-year-old was extradited from Tennessee on Monday, according to a Mercer County Sheriff's Office news release.

PTO donates $47K for playground equipment; students raise over $17K

MARIA STEIN - School board members accepted a $47,000 donation from the Marion Local parent-teacher organization on Monday evening to help build a new elementary school playground. [More]

Speaker to students: Don't 'build up wall'

ST. HENRY - St. Henry High School and eighth-grade students learned loneliness is toxic during a Tuesday afternoon assembly.

"It doesn't take long

Donations pour in to district

FORT RECOVERY - School board members accepted more than $3,000 in donations on Monday evening.

Members thanked and accepted $3,100 in donations fro

County bridges inspected

The yearly bridge inspections of Mercer County's 379 bridges on township and county roads have been completed.

Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart and County Bridge Supervisor T.J. Smalley completed the inspections before the end of 2019.

Invoice is headache for board of health

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Health members on Tuesday agreed to try one last time to settle a repair invoice from the owner of the department's previous home at 214 S. Wagner St.

'Rough' going

St. Marys gets rolling early to take down New Bremen

ST. MARYS - From the opening tip, St. Marys was running on all cylinders.

New Bremen, on the other hand, looked to be in need of a jump start.

Redskins down Jets

ST. HENRY - On Jan. 4, St. Henry girls basketball coaches Kyle and Bill Menchhofer took a detour to Red Lobster in Piqua on their way to scout Franklin Monroe. [More]

Area Roundup

Celina bowlers sweep Bath