Council irked by delayed weather radar installation
By Jesse Pollack
ST. HENRY - St. Henry village councilors on Monday voiced frustration over delays in the installation of a weather radar system atop the village water tower, a project originally scheduled to begin in late 2024.
FORT RECOVERY - Alumnus Wesley Wenning is heading back to Fort Recovery Local Schools to serve as varsity football coach and elementary/middle school intervention specialist.
School board members at Monday night's regular meeting moved to hire the 2016 Fort Recovery High School graduate as intervention specialist and varsity football coach effective Aug. 1, pending the completion of all requirements and proper certification. [More]
Barbara A. Rohr, age 80, of Chickasaw, died on February 18, 2025, at 4:08 A.M. at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater, Ohio after a brief illness. [More]
CELINA - Almost 15 million commercial poultry have been destroyed this year in west central Ohio due to the state's ongoing outbreak of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI).
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen Police Department could be up four legs soon.
Village councilors at Monday night's regular meeting heard first reading of an ordinance to appropriate more than $5,000 in OneOhio opioid funds toward a K-9 purchase.
CELINA - Multiple people were arrested or indicted this week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on charges related to animal abuse, failure to comply and domestic violence.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys city councilors on Monday agreed to pay for a portion of the street improvements the Ohio Department of Transportation plans to make to State Route 29, or Indiana Avenue.
After avenging two earlier losses in garnering a district championship, Minster will now look to keep up its success as the Wildcats head into the Division VI regional girls basketball tournament on Wednesday at Springfield.
Ottawa-Glandorf's Karsyn Erford and Shawnee's Beckett Bertke earned the top honors of the Western Buckeye League basketball coaches as all-league honors were announced on Monday.
