Friday, October 28th, 2022
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - Republican Dave Buschur and Democrat Don Holtvoigt will face off in the Nov. 8 general election for a Mercer County commissioner seat.

Dave Buschur
Buschur, 39, said his background as a business owner makes him a qualified contender for the commissioner's seat. [More]
By Erin Gardner
CELINA - Mercer County voters will decide if a current Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities operating tax levy will be renewed at the Nov. 8 general election.
The six-year, 2.42-mill tax levy was first passed in 2005 and has been renewed three times, according to information from the Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities. [More]
By Leslie Gartrell
COLDWATER - Voters in the village's northeast precinct are being asked to approve a D-6 liquor permit for Mariachi's Mexican Bar and Grill on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
If approved, the restaurant would be able to sell wine, mixed beverag [More]
New Bremen sweeps Marion Local in rematch
By Tom Haines
WAPAKONETA - Marion Local handed New Bremen its only loss of the volleyball season in September, but in Thursday's rematch between the top two teams in Division IV, it was the Cardinals who came out on top.
The Cardinals earned a 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 sweep in the district final at Redskin Gymnasium in Wapakoneta. [More]
Obituaries on October 28th, 2022
Carl Swander, 82, of Rockford, passed away at 9:00 PM on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at Divine Nursing and Rehab at Shane Hill. [More]
Charles A. (Chuck) Puthoff, age 84, of Bowling Green, Florida, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, passed away October 23, 2022. [More]
Lance Matthew Stephen, 36, Redkey, Indiana, died Oct. 26, 2022, in Redkey.
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Margaret Louise Robinson, 83, Rockford, died at 12:59 a.m. Oct. 24, 2022, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Local pictures on October 28th, 2022
Subscriber stories on October 28th, 2022
Dumped dogs get 2nd chance
CELINA - A lot can change in a week, especially for 15 abandoned but soon-to-be-adopted doodles that were matted with fecal matter, urine, hay and dirt.
CELINA - Eager holiday shoppers will have an excuse on Saturday to bust out the holiday cheer.
From 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 70 local vendors will camp out in the Cooper Farms Junior Fair Building and Multi-Purpose Building at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.
WAPAKONETA-Defense attorneys for suspended Wapakoneta mayor Tom Stinebaugh on Thursday attempted to knock down prosecution arguments in the fourth day of a public corruption trial.
ELIDA - St. Marys boys soccer coach Josh Hertenstein had no doubt heading into Division II district final that the Roughriders' hands would be full with Shawnee.
BLUFFTON - Playing for a district volleyball title for the first time in seven seasons, St. Marys was ready to give everything it could against top-seeded Liberty-Benton, the state champion in Division III a season ago.
All-MAC Football
Marion Local's Darren Meier and Coldwater's Marcel Blasingame earned top honors as the Midwest Athletic Conference announced its all-conference football teams on Thursday.
The Outsider
   A new edition of the well-known children's story "Bambi" by Austro-Hungarian author Felix Salten is out with a translation by acclaimed translator Damion Searls.