Monday, December 28th, 2020
Championships, cancellations and celebrations filled the area sports calendar
By Gary R. Rasberry
  The year 2020 will certainly be a year to remember in many instances. Others might not want to.
Just as national headlines were filled with the COVID-19 pandemic to go along with a presidential election, the year in sports was intertwined with the pandemic, not only on the national level but also the local level. [More]
Obituaries on December 28th, 2020
Ronda K. Broerman, age 55, of St. Henry died Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Vera Kathryn Woehrmyer age 97 of Minster, Ohio died on her birthday December 23, 2020 at Elmwood Assisted Living, New Bremen. [More]
Donald Wayne Miller, 82, St. Marys, died at 4:19 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, at Lima Memorial Health System. [More]
Irene T. Stammen, 84, New Bremen, died Dec. 25, 2020, at Elmwood Assisted Living Center, New Bremen. [More]
Local pictures on December 28th, 2020
Subscriber stories on December 28th, 2020
Area artist opens gallery in Coldwater
COLDWATER - In Pennyjane there is an artist showing collages, of every Mercer County landscape and sunset she's had the pleasure to know.
For Jane
CELINA - Mercer County's sales tax collections in 2020 not only rebounded from disastrous lows in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they also went on to set a record high for the 10th consecutive year, county auditor Randy Grapner said.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Midwest Athletic Conference held its third weekend of conference bowling action on Saturday at McBo's Lanes in Versailles.