Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
Counties to discuss how to spend drug settlement millions
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer and Auglaize counties are part of a nine-county cluster that will have a say in how millions of dollars from opioid lawsuit settlements will be spent within the region.
Region 15, as it's known, also will appoint a member and recom [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
"How do you take 47 years of your life, who you are and what you become, and put that into three minutes?"
For Jessie Magoto, that is something she will try to do when the longtime Minster girls cross country and track and field coach will be inducted into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (OAT&CCC) Hall of Fame on Jan. 28 at the Hilton at Easton in Columbus. [More]
Obituaries on January 18th, 2022
Donald P. Ahrens, age 60, of Celina (formerly of Coldwater), died Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
William "Bill" Edward Paulus, age 73, of Russia, passed away of natural causes [More]
Etta Lou Crow, age 86, of Celina, Ohio passed away at the Miller House in Celina on January 12, 2022 after a lengthy illness. [More]
Ronald J. Schmiesing age 69 of Minster, Ohio died on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
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Trial date expected in early May, June
MINSTER - Councilors at a special meeting Monday received an update on a lawsuit stemming from the ongoing solar field contract dispute.
Alabama energy company Enpower Solar is suing the village for $10.5 million in damages.
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members on Monday approved after third reading an ordinance amending the village zoning code. The legislation is retroactive to Jan. 1.
New Bremen catcher Vince Hulse signed a letter of intent with Bluffton University, committing to the Beavers to start his college baseball career.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater traveled to Beaver-Vu Lanes in Beavercreek for the annual Baker Bash Bowling Tournament, which features an all-baker game format.
The University of Michigan formally introduced St. Marys graduate Mike Elston as the new defensive line coach on Monday.
Elston, who played on the