Saturday, September 27th, 2025
New Minster plant should benefit Danone, village
By Tom Millhouse
MINSTER - A New England company is bringing new energy technology to Minster which would help fuel a planned multimillion expansion at the local Danone yogurt plant.
PurposeEnergy, headquartered in Windham, New Hampshire, is building an anaerobic digester facility on Columbia Drive in the Route 66 Industrial Park to treat organic residual food production waste from the Danone yogurt plant located across State Route 66. [More]
By Joe Schatz
CELINA - After starting the season struggling on offense, Celina's record-setting 70-35 win over Kenton was like a relief of epic proportions.
It is not only the most points scored in Celina football history, but Parker Bertke's five touchdown performance ties a school record shared by Jim Otis and Braylon Gabes. Bertke finished the night with 177 yards on 16 carries, better than 11 yards-per-carry. [More]
Obituaries on September 27th, 2025
Joseph Henry Dues, age 75, of rural Portland, passed away with his family at hi [More]
Joseph L. Mescher, age 80 of St. Henry, passed away on Thursday, September 25, [More]
Robert U. Link, age 95, of Celina, passed away on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at Th [More]
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Subscriber stories on September 27th, 2025
CELINA - A 70-year-old Celina man who is currently 18 years into a 20-year sentence for child sex crimes was sentenced to additional time in prison on Friday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court for separate child sex crimes he committed over 20 years ago.
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Health Department is set to hold its annual drive-thru flu clinic next month at the county fairgrounds in Wapakoneta
Marion Local rallies to defeat Versailles and stay unbeaten
MARIA STEIN - A 70-game winning streak can produce a lot of forgettable games.
Friday night at Booster Stadium wasn't one of them.
Marion Local
FORT RECOVERY - New Bremen had the football in Fort Recovery territory many times Friday night.
But the Cardinals had a tough time scoring.
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MINSTER - The St. Henry Redskins arrived in Minster on Senior Night for the Wildcats, and dampened the festivities by dominating in every phase of the game for a 45-0 victory at Memorial Field.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater compiled a school-record 583 yards of total offense and held a 43-13 halftime lead en route to beating Parkway 63-19 in Midwest Athletic Conference play on Friday night at Panther Stadium in Rockford, moving to 4-2 on the season and 3-1 in MAC play.