Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
By Daily Standard Staff
CELINA - Area school districts found success at the polls on election night.

Maria Stein
Voters overwhelmingly approved the Marion Local Schools renewal of a 9-mill, 5-year emergency levy in Tuesday's election.
Unofficial results show 74.56% or 1,184 votes were cast in favor of the levy and 25.44% or 404 votes against it. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - The second time was the charm for the Mercer County jail sales tax levy which was approved on Election Day with about 56% of the total vote.
Unofficial results show 9,525 ballots were cast in favor of the levy and 7,632 against it, a better showing compared to the the May 3 primary election when the issue was defeated by a mere 25 votes. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Republican Dave Buschur soundly bested Democrat Don Holtvoigt on election night for a Mercer County commissioner seat.
Buschur took 86.15% or 15,095 votes to Holtvoigt's 13.85% or 2,426 votes, unofficial final results show.
Buschur, 39, said his background as a business owner makes him a qualified contender for the commissioner's seat. [More]
Obituaries on November 9th, 2022
Mattie Lou Weng, 96, of St. Marys, OH, passed peacefully in the loving arms of [More]
Donald Heckler, age 60 of Celina, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
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CELINA - Mercer County Health District's proposed operating levy was shot down on election night, dealing a blow to health officials' attempts to secure a new revenue stream to expand services.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, successfully fended off a challenge from Craig Swartz, D-Upper Sandusky, winning another two-year term representing the U.S. 5th Congressional District.
CELINA - Republican Angela N. King skated to victory on election night for Ohio's 84th District Seat, defeating Democrat Sophia Rodriguez.
In the contest featuring two Celina residents, King garnered a commanding 82.41% or 36,526 votes to Rodriguez's 17.59% or 7,797 votes.
CELINA - Mercer County voters renewed Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities' current operating tax levy for a fourth time, according to unofficial election results from the Mercer County Board of Elections.
COLDWATER-Voters in the village's northeast precinct overwhelmingly approved a D-6 liquor permit for Mariachi's Mexican Bar and Grill on the Nov. 8 g
Incumbent Jim Jordan R-Urbana, retains his house seat over challenger Democrat Tamie Wilson, in Congressional District 4.
Jordan has served in the House for the past 15 years. Jordan won in Auglaize County with 82.08% of the vote. Overall turnout in the county of 57.63%.
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Health Department is seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases but officials encourage flu shots in the wake of pediatric influenza deaths in other states.
State Volleyball Tournament Preview
For the first time since 2018, the Midwest Athletic Conference will have a chance to win state volleyball titles in two divisions. And for the first