Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
By William Kincaid
  CELINA - City administrators will spend $55,000 on a feasibility study of city hall to determine how to proceed with an expansion of the fire department.
City councilors at Monday night's regular meeting approved legislation to transfer a total of $123,096 from one account to another to cover various expenses, including $50,000 to the law director consultant line item for unanticipated legal fees associated with Bryson Trust Fund litigation. [More]
Wildcats prep for another state tourney; Rethman first Flyer in a generation
By Tom Haines
For the sixth straight year, the Minster boys golf team is heading to the Division III state championship.
At Marion Local, it had been 21 years since a golfer went to state before Marcus Rethman earned a spot last Thursday.
Minster is scheduled to tee off at the Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University at 10 p.m. from the No. 1 tee. Rethman will start at the No. 10 tee at 10:50 a.m. [More]
Obituaries on October 10th, 2023
Mr. Robert "Bob" Lee Rutledge, 78, of Jacksonville passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. [More]
Shirley Ann Harold, 92, of St. Marys, died at 4:04 P.M. Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at Vancrest of St. Marys Nursing Home. [More]
Joseph M. "Sonny" Brest, 79, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Saturday Oct. 7, 2023 at the Celina Manor. [More]
Local pictures on October 10th, 2023
Subscriber stories on October 10th, 2023
ST. MARYS - City councilors on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance to donate or sell a small portion of city land to St. Marys Theater and Grand Opera House via the Community Improvement Corporation.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday night heard the first reading of an ordinance to levy 41 homeowners more than $129,000 in assessments for construction on State Route 274.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members ended their regular meeting Monday night with a moment of silence for longtime teacher, coach and bus driver Todd Ashbaugh, who died Sept. 27.
ST. HENRY - School board members on Monday awarded a $90,000 professional design contract to Fanning Howey Associates of Celina for engineering and architect design services related to the elementary playground renovation project.
ST. HENRY - Village councilors on Monday discussed the upcoming Nov. 7 general election in which St. Henry voters will decide the fate of a of 0.5% income tax increase.
CELINA - Senior Night was a memorable one for the Celina boys soccer team, which took a step closer to the program's first Western Buckeye League championship in seven years with a 10-1 win over Defiance on Monday night at the soccer stadium.
Grand Lake Fishing Report
I hope everyone has gotten the opportunity to get out on the lake last week in the warmer weather. However, with the upcoming weather cooler again,
Area Roundup
Compiled By Tom Haines
The St. Marys boys soccer team bounced back from Saturday's loss with a quality win, defeating Maumee Valley Country Day 2-1 at Roughrider Field.