CELINA - Mercer County Ag Solutions Coordinator Theresa Dirksen has landed a nearly $135,000 state grant to continue researching technology that removes nutrients from manure, this time on a much larger scale.

COLDWATER - A Coldwater Middle School teacher was able to modernize her wood shop with state-of-the-art 3-D printers, a router, table saw and other equipment thanks to a $15,000 grant. [More]

MENDON - Two village council members got into a heated exchange over junk ordinances after Tuesday evening's meeting.

Earlier in the evening, counc

MINSTER - Council members on Tuesday night granted 2% pay raises to village employees and appointed Travis Wilges to replace retiring member Rick Schwartz.

CELINA - One new death and 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mercer County on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 57 and total number of cases to 3,083.

ROCKFORD - Parkway School board members thanked retiring longtime elementary school principal Mark Esselstein during Monday's board meeting.

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ROCKFORD - Village council members on Tuesday tabled until April a measure to rescind a tax credit due to uncertainty surrounding efforts to build a new water tower.

ROCKFORD - Up 17-7 on Waynesfield Goshen late in the first quarter, Parkway girls basketball coach Dan Williamson called timeout, worried that the team was starting to lose focus. [More]

MINSTER - A little more than 72 hours removed from their first setback of the 2021 season, Minster shook off Saturday's loss to Fort Loramie by defeating Celina in a 67-18 non-league girls basketball contest at Wildcat Gymnasium.

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Fort Loramie outscored St. Henry 16-8 in the third quarter to pull away and win the battle of Redskins 47-33 in a boys basketball contest on Tuesday night in Fort Loramie.