Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
CELINA - Long entrenched Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin on Monday night announced he will not seek a twelfth term in office.
As such, his 40-plus year tenure as county commissioner will come to an end on Jan. 1, 2025, Laffin said at a Mercer County Republican Party meeting in the Richardson Bretz Building. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Village officials recently returned a $1.026 million state grant for the proposed Butler Street reconstruction project after inflation costs made the project untenable.
NEW BREMEN - The 1,444 mile Buckeye Trail encircling much of the state may be designated a national scenic trail, members of the Miami Erie Canal Corridor Association learned on Monday night at their annual member meeting.
CELINA - Veteran staff member Julie Peel on Monday night was appointed to serve as the head of the Mercer County Recorder's Office for the next two years.
