Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
Obituaries on July 28th, 2021
Donald F. Wendel, 75, of Wendelin, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Dr. Douglas Kuck, 61, died suddenly March 25, 2020, at his residence.
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Douglas J. Fark, age 61, of rural New Bremen, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 25, 2021 at his residence. [More]
Paul Marshall "Mart" Hines, 78, Rockford, died July 27, 2021, at his residence. [More]
Stories on July 28th, 2021
Communication key to race relations
CELINA - The root of race issues in the United States is not that people don't like each other. Rather, it's that they don't talk to each other, said a Nigeria-born track and field coach who has called the area home for seven years. [More]
WAPAKONETA - The state's department of health Tuesday issued updated COVID-19 guidance for staff and students returning to school this fall, noting the highly-contagious delta variant is rapidly becoming the dominant variant in Ohio. [More]
Vote '21
COLDWATER - Polling locations have been moved for some voters deciding a Coldwater Exempted Village School's 2.5-mill continuing permanent improvement levy.
Farmland to be converted into a 'treatment train'
CELINA - The Lake Facilities Authority (LFA) on Tuesday awarded VTF Excavation of Celina a $907,832.21 contract to develop the 88-acre Burntwood-Langenkamp Conservation Area.
WAPAKONETA - Douglas Reinhart, who served as Auglaize county engineer for 37 1/2 years and assistant county engineer for nine years, will retire effective Aug. 18.
MENDON - Village officials plan to apply for $67,143 in grant funding for water and sewer projects through the American Recovery Plan Act.
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