COLDWATER - Mercer Health's total current assets are up about $4 million from last year, due in part to hospital assistance payments the hospital system received from the government, the hospital's board of governors learned at their regular meeting Wednesday.

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen Local Schools board members heard a facility update from superintendent Jason Schrader, who noted that the $2.1 million stadium and track project is on schedule. [More]

"Fellows you sound like a bunch of hogs eating charcoal." The speaker was Harold Lutz, now of Mendon and Mercer County's chief deputy auditor. The pl

CELINA - A 59-year-old Celina man was sentenced to around six months in jail this week for drug possession charges out of Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

The Mercer County Commissioners announced that the Celina-Coldwater Bike Path will be closed to the public Sept. 8-11 (Tuesday-Friday) while contract

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  By JOE SCHATZ and GARY R. RASBERRY
sports@dailystandard.com

After an opening week where the league went 6-4 overall, the Western Buckeye League gets underway on Friday with a full slate of games.

  The high school football season has begun and with it comes our initial numbers to analyze.

Over the previous 17 years, the Western Buckeye League

  The Midwest Athletic Conference, 9-1 in last week's first week of non-league play, gets another week of prep before entering the conference battles.

Among the matchups is a battle of 1-0 teams that were a combined 1-19 last season as Parkway hosts Delphos Jefferson.

Impact Players

Offense

Noah Talmadge, RB, Celina

19 carries for 132 yards and a touchdown in the Bulldogs' 38-35 win over St. Henry.