Flood Watch issued September 16 at 2:55PM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana, including the following county, Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby and Union. * WHEN...From midnight EDT tonight through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of rain will occur overnight into Thursday. The heavier bands of rainfall will have 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts.
Up to a foot of snow, quarter inch of ice possible
By Leslie Gartrell
Mercer and Auglaize counties are in a winter storm watch effective Wednesday morning through Friday morning, according to the Wilmington office of the National Weather Service, as a foot of snow and a quarter inch of ice are forecast.
Officials are encouraging residents to stay home if possible. [More]
CELINA - The Mercer County common pleas court judge's race is heating up as Donna Post, a former magistrate of the probate/juvenile court, announced her candidacy on Monday.
Pending certification of petitions, Post and county prosecutor Matthew K. Fox will face off in a contested Republican primary election on May 3. The winner will advance to the Nov. 8 general election. [More]
Helen E. Green, 99, of Portland, Indiana, formerly of Fort Recovery, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at IU Health Jay Hospital in Portland. [More]
MARIA STEIN - The two doctors at one of the few remaining private medical practices in the county announced that on March 1 they will join separate health care systems.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Monday reported two new deaths and 100 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since Thursday, raising the county's cumulative death toll to 99 and the cumulative number of cases to 7,210 since the pandemic began two years ago.
After having its first two meets of 2022 canceled, the University of Findlay swimming and diving team got a tuneup before this month's Great Midwest Athletic Conference championships in Canton in a double-dual format contest with Ashland and Bluffton on Saturday.
Ashtyn Huber bowled her way into the Celina record books with a 268 in the second game as the girls team picked up a 2,431-2,131 win over Elida at Westgate Lanes in Lima on Monday.
