Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality. Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories. It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes. For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
Most people in Mercer County with even the slightest bit of agriculture knowledge probably know there are farmers here who raise cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys and crops like corn, soybeans and wheat.
But what about producers who raise mink for fur, Christmas trees to sell or honey and okra. [More]
Coldwater had a bookend-kind of ballgame in its 86th meeting with Celina.
The Cavaliers jumped out early with five runs in the top of the first, then waited until the seventh to score four more to dispatch the Bulldogs 9-2 at Montgomery Field on Monday in Mercer County baseball action. [More]
MINSTER - More than a hundred area residents - ranging from teenagers to senior citizens - packed the large group meeting room at Minster Middle School on Monday night to show support for two school organizations and advisers.
If there's an overall local trend in the USDA's recently released 2007 Census of Agriculture, it's increases.
Here is a snapshot of what happened with number of farms, land in farms, average farm size, sales and government payments in Mercer, Auglaize and Darke counties between 2002 and 2007.
MINSTER - Representatives of the Minster Athletic Boosters will be in attendance at tonight's Minster Village Council meeting seeking approval to use a portion of Seventh Street park land as a high school football practice field.
