CELINA - Bird migration, depending upon the species, begins in Mercer County from September and is usually over by November's end. Birds respond to shorter days with diminished light, cooler temperatures, and dwindling crops for a food source. Good parents, they wait until their young mature. [More]
ROCKFORD - It appeared at first that the St. Marys-Parkway volleyball matchup was going to be a back-and-forth encounter.
Parkway won the opening set, with St. Marys taking a 7-3 lead early in the second set and up 17-15 before the Panthers came back and took the win in extra points. The Roughriders hung tough in the third set, but Division III state-ranked Parkway held tough to earn a 25-16, 28-26, 25-17 win on Monday night at Panther Gymnasium in Rockford. [More]
David A. Sommer, age 60, of Botkins, formerly of New Bremen, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 9:30 A.M. on Saturday, October 1, 2022. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Village officials plan to enter into an agreement with Kainos Ag of Muncie, Indiana, to reduce sludge in the village's wastewater treatment lagoons using a plant-based product.
CELINA - Mercer County Fair officials are hosting a supply drive to help Hurricane Ian victims in Florida.
Starting Monday, they began accepting an array of household, cleanup, personal and animal items that will be hauled to Green Cove Springs, Florida, on Saturday afternoon.
CELINA - One of downtown Celina's longest running businesses, a veritable institution for generations of shoe-buying families, is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a customer appreciation sale running through Oct. 15.
While in Spain to speak at a conference, I ponder the grand white oak on the perimeter of Celina City Schools that has stood at least as many years as I have been alive.
NEW BREMEN - With two weeks until the start of the volleyball tournament, New Bremen looked to be in postseason form on Monday.
The Cardinals dominated Arcanum over the first two sets before a slightly more competitive third, earning a 25-6, 25-6, 25-14 sweep over the Trojans at the Nest.
The Division II girls golf season ended for area teams after no local players were able to advance to state after competing in the district tournament on Monday at Sycamore Springs in Arlington.
OSGOOD - When Robert Winner founded Winner's Meats in 1928, he started out processing beef and pork in his barn for neighbors and friends.
Nearly a century later, the Winner Corporation, doing business as Winner's Meats, has become one of the few agribusinesses that can claim to be farm-to-table.
