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.
Celina football coach starts community service program that puts players to work
By William Kincaid
In the scorching heat on Wednesday, a group of Celina football players took to the top of the utility garage at the Mercer County Fairgrounds to repaint the roof.
The work was part of a community service program started by Celina head football coach Jared Rolfes. [More]
COLDWATER - The new emergency department at Mercer County Community Hospital will officially open for business Wednesday.
The July 1 debut marks the end of phase 1 of the approximately $6 million expansion/renovation project at the Coldwater hospital. The second phase is expected to begin soon and will include the expansion of the partially completed new lobby area. A third phase also is planned for further interior renovations. [More]
Lynn Lorraine Powell Cattell, 54, 3311 St. Johns Road, New Bremen, died at 6:05 p.m. June 24, 2009, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., due to a stroke. [More]
Riprap placed around Safety Island, other locations around the lake
More than a mile of shoreline on Grand Lake, including Safety Island, has been protected with riprap as part of a $695,000 state capital improvement project completed recently.
Mercer County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution to reduce by 50 percent the cost to a landowner whose property lies within a planned ditch project.
Two men are in custody following an early Thursday morning accident near Burkettsville that resulted in a lengthy search before their apprehension in a cornfield.
St. Marys took advantage of early Celina walks and errors to jump out 8-3, then held off a furious Bulldogs rally in the bottom of the seventh to take an 8-7 win at the ACME Battle of Grand Lake at Montgomery Field.
