By Erin Gardner
  Over the next 10 days, hungry children will descend upon the streets of Mercer and Auglaize counties in search of sugary sweet candy. To maximize the Halloween havoc and high jinks, The Daily Standard has prepared a trick-or-treat guide complete with times, safety tips and what type of candy to expect. [More]
Marion Local, St. Henry pick up sectional wins
By Joe Schatz
ST. HENRY - With two Midwest Athletic Conference teams competing for the right to play each other, St. Henry and Marion Local took care of business in their D-VI sectional finals matchups Thursday night in St. Henry. In the late match, the Flyers had to battle to sweep a tall Spencerville team 25-20, 25-14, 25-13, while St. Henry found it a bit easier and beat Perry 25-4, 25-5, 25-8 in the opening game. [More]
Local linemen waste no effort when there's an outage
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Since joining the City of Celina's electric department in 2006, electric distribution superintendent Aaron Siefring has experienced five major storms, including four tornadoes, that caused significant damage and left the city in the dark, necessitating an all hands on deck approach to restoring power. [More]
Obituaries on October 23rd, 2026
Agnes (Kremer) Bertke, age 86, of Coldwater, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
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First pieces being bid out now
CELINA - The Celina Planning Commission on Thursday night signed off on Celina City Schools' site plan to renovate the Tri Star addition of the current high school and build a track and field/football and soccer field complex.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. - A 39-year-old Celina man arrested last week in Indiana as a part of an online predator investigation appeared in Hamilton County Superior Court this week to face charges of multiple child sex crimes.
CELINA - A 24-year-old Celina man was sentenced to a suspended jail sentence this week on a misdemeanor charge out of Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
WAPAKONETA - A 23-year-old Michigan man accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old at a St. Marys hotel was indicted for multiple child sex crimes this week in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court.
COLDWATER - Everything that Nikki Etzler had on her checklist on Thursday night was checked off with ease.
Coldwater opened Division V tournament volleyball action with a 25-12, 25-3, 25-12 win over Fostoria in the sectional final at the Palace.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Evan Fledderjohann's early first-half goal held up for the rest of the match as New Knoxville captured the Division V boys soccer sectional title with a 1-0 win over Kalida on Thursday in Kalida.
NEW BREMEN - With a rematch against Parkway looming in the bracket, New Bremen was able to focus on the matter at hand, dispatching Lima Central Catholic in straight sets (25-8, 25-14, 25-18) in the Division VI volleyball sectional final Thursday night at the Nest.
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By Joe Schatz
ST. MARYS - Coming into the postseason after an up and down end to the regular season, St. Marys got back on track in a 5-0 win over Defiance in the Division III boys soccer sectional final.  
"I hope we can use this going forward, we gained som [More]
Obituaries on October 22nd, 2026
It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Kr [More]
Melinda Sue Gambill, 61, Montezuma, died at 12:52 a.m. Oct. 18, 2026, in Celina [More]
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WAPAKONETA - A Wapakoneta mother, her adult daughter and a South African national, all previously sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the murder of a 36-year-old Virginia man in 2022, were sentenced in Auglaize County this month for state murder charges stemming from the same incident.
CELINA - Mercer County elected officeholders and other officials gathered at the Mercer County Agricultural Center on Wednesday night to continue updating the county's hazard mitigation plan.
Horse & Buggy Tales
Some of our readers have read or heard of the Guenther House Mystery at Macedon in Mercer County which occurred more than 100 years ago. That story however is only one incident that entitled the little village of Macedon to the headlines which it never received.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen Board of Education members this week affirmed a student's suspension following an unsuccessful appeal.
Board members Wednes
Celina avenges loss to Ottawa-Glandorf in tourney victory
CELINA - Less than two weeks after falling behind Ottawa-Glandorf 3-0 and coming up just short in a 4-3 loss, Celina flipped the script on Wednesday night.
COLDWATER - Three key players for Coldwater were back in the lineup after battling some injuries.
And the difference showed.
The Cavaliers score
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Celina's volleyball season ended with a tough three set loss to Bowling Green in the Division III sectional tournament at Bowling Green High School. The Bulldogs finish with a 5-18 record.
When Coldwater and Marion Local meet, there is always some extra juice, and 50-50 money, in the air. While the Cavaliers are looking to gain playo
  In this article we shall try to project what the possible playoff matchups for each team in the WBL and MAC may be. Once again this year, 12 teams p
  A quick look at the rest of the area schedule:
• Celina at Defiance. Celina will look to wrap up its best regular season showing in two decades,
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Dyllan Fink, RB, St. Marys
20 carries for 274 yards and a touchdown in the Roughriders' 34-20 win at Kenton.
By Joe Schatz
NEW KNOXVILLE - Kicking off just a few streets away from the shooting range, New Knoxville soccer provided all the firepower in a 6-0 Division VI sectional semifinal win over fellow Western Ohio Soccer League member Lima Central Catholic at New Knoxville Community Park. [More]
Obituaries on October 21st, 2026
Steven E. DeMange, age 60, of Greenville passed away at 12:30 pm Monday, October 19, 2026, at his residence. [More]
Mary Lou Eilerman, age 95 of North Star, Ohio, died Monday, October 19, 2026, a [More]
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MINSTER - In a brief regular meeting Tuesday, Minster councilors agreed to rename two streets in the village.
In an effort to rectify a discrepancy
COLUMBUS - Ohio's unemployment was unchanged in September at 3.3%, while unemployment in Mercer and Auglaize counties experienced small increases.
County-level survey results for September were released this week by the Department of Job & Family Services.
ROCKFORD - Village councilors in Rockford heard plans are underway to complete the third phase of the Shanes Crossing Subdivision.
Bids are slated
Celina opens postseason with mercy-rule victory
CELINA - It took just over 12 minutes for Celina to score the first goal of the night, and another 11 minutes and change for the second goal.
After that, things picked up in a hurry.
ST. MARYS - There's fast starts and then there's fast starts.
With the first touch of the match St. Marys booted the ball deep from the midfield li
Western Ohio Soccer League Honors
New Knoxville split the top honors with Botkins in boys soccer as the Western Ohio Soccer League announced its postseason accolades on Tuesday.
Junior Connor Hoge was named the Goalkeeper of the Year for boys soccer while head coach Patrick Covert was selected as Coach of the Year.
By Erin Gardner
  COLDWATER - As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, medical experts and breast cancer survivors and patients shared insights on screenings, detection and treatment options during a specialized panel in Coldwater on Monday.
More than a dozen wo [More]
By Abigail Miller
  FORT RECOVERY - Village councilors learned Monday the Fort Recovery pool has a 40-foot-long crack in its south wall, causing a loss of about 500,000 gallons of water a month.
Councilors heard from village administrator Aaron Rengers that in a recent pool leak detection report done by a diving team, it was reported that the village's pool structure and pressure system failed. [More]
Obituaries on October 20th, 2026
On October 16, 2026, at 5:05 am Ron peacefully passed away with his daughter An [More]
Edward H. Grieshop age 88, of Anna, Ohio died on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at Ohio Dorothy Love in Sidney, Ohio. [More]
Shirley Ann Degen, 79, Celina, died Oct. 16, 2026, at Vancrest of St. Marys.  
Funeral services are 7 p.m. today at the Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys. [More]
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CELINA - Superintendent Brooke Gessler at Monday night's regular school board meeting insisted that Celina City Schools is moving forward with a master facility plan to address athletic facilities and other school buildings not set for demolition as part of the ongoing building project.
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery school board members on Monday updated more than 20 district policies and heard an update on planned upgrades to Barrenbrugge Athletic Park.
Ex-military pilot donates $400,000 to help buy house
TOLEDO (AP) - Pilot Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969 - a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot.
The Rockford Carnegie Library this week announced the receipt of a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation as part of the Carnegie Libraries 250 special initiative.
CELINA - A Mercer County Juvenile Court felonious assault case against an Indiana teen was transferred to common pleas court last week after a judge concluded the teen could not be rehabilitated within the juvenile system.
CELINA - A St. Marys man and an Indiana woman were indicted last week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court for reportedly stealing over $1,500 in store merchandise from an unidentified retailer.
Midwest Athletic Conference Volleyball
Versailles hitter Kiley May earned her second straight Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball Player of the Year award as the conference coaches announced its postseason honors.
Western Buckeye League Soccer Honors
Shawnee senior Connor Heitmeyer and Elida senior Lexie Good were named the top soccer players as the Western Buckeye League coaches announced their all-league honors on Sunday.
Western Buckeye League Volleyball Honors
Shawnee junior Gianna Upshaw was named the Western Buckeye League volleyball Player of the Year by the league coaches in the annual postseason honors meeting.
Computer Points Review
This article will summarize the effects of last weekend's games and starts to look ahead to playoff matchups. In Thursday's Goal Line, we present our end-of-season projections, as well as notes on how they can be affected by a few unexpected results.
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