High Wind Warning issued March 15 at 1:47PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
WAPAKONETA - Five more people in Auglaize County have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the county's total to 28, and one more person in Mercer County has tested positive, bringing it's total to 14.
Health commissioner Oliver Fisher said he does not believe the new cases represented a related outbreak. With increased testing and new testing criteria, an increase in the number of cases is to be expected, he noted. [More]
COLDWATER - Mercer Health's financial turnaround over the last fiscal year may help cushion the blow from disrupted operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even so, hospital administrators are looking at various funding options as they start the new fiscal year in uncharted waters. [More]
Sidney L. "Sid" Showalter, age 72, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 2:09 am at Mercer Health Systems in Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
From polio in 1945 to the current pandemic, Ken Kremer was there
COLDWATER - The COVID-19 pandemic has sent an 85-year-old Maria Stein man back in time to more than half a century when he spent the better part of a year in hospitals recuperating from the dreaded disease of the day - polio.
CELINA - Together for a Change, a group of Mercer County volunteers that makes fabric masks for medical personnel plans several local events to distribute the masks free of charge to Mercer County residents.
