Friday, June 4th, 2021
Street, other projects planned in village
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County officials aim to allocate at least $166,000 in federal grant money toward the village of Chickasaw's proposed $2.1 million infrastructure project involving street and water line improvements on the north side of town.
However, depending on how the grant award process shakes out, county officials could offer close to $1 million in assistance for the infrastructure work. [More]
Obituaries on June 4th, 2021
Margaret (Peggy) Louise Chesser Braun died of a pulmonary embolism at her home in Henderson, Nevada on February 23, 2021. [More]
Lorraine (Otte) Knapke, age 74, of Coldwater, died peacefully Wednesday June 2, [More]
Fr. Robert J. Schreiter, C.PP.S., 73, died on June 1, 2021, at his home in Chicago. He had been in failing health. [More]
Harold E. Wright, 93, of Huron, Ohio died peacefully June 1, 2021, at Stein Hospice Care Center Sandusky, Ohio. [More]
John "Chops" May, Celina, died Jan. 26, 2021. Funeral services were held privat [More]
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Funds earmarked for maintenance
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections officials are preparing to hold an Aug. 3 special election for Coldwater Exempted Village School's 2.5-mill continuing permanent improvement levy, the sole issue on the ballot.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Thursday reported four new cases of COVID-19 since their last report on Tuesday, raising the county's cumulative case count to 3,680.
Celina's Gass signs to swim at Nova Southeastern
What a better location to swim on the collegiate level than Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Celina graduate Claire Gass will get that chance after signing on to swim at NCAA Division II Nova Southeastern University on Thursday.
The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association released its All-Ohio teams on Thursday.
Coldwater's Zack McKibben earned first-team All-Ohio hon