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.
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Saturday, May 29th, 2021
A Hero Comes Home
Procession will pass through Celina and Coldwater
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - Robert Edward Bailey, 21, was waiting for his brother to join him on the USS Oklahoma in Hawaii during the early hours of a day that now lives in infamy.
Bailey had switched places with another Navy officer on the battleship so he could be on board when his older brother Willis arrived. [More]
Fort Recovery monument illuminated
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - With the push of a button, Lester Huelskamp, the oldest living veteran among the village's veteran organizations, set the Fort Recovery Monument aglow with brilliant light on Friday evening.
The Fort Recovery Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6515 and American Legion Post 345 partnered with the Fort Recovery Historical Society and the Fort Recovery State Memorial to host a unique joint Memorial Day observance and ceremonial lighting of the monument. [More]
Obituaries on May 29th, 2021
Ralph Kunkler
Ralph Paul Kunkler, age 92, of Carthagena, died on Friday, May 28, 2021 at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
Paula Huecker
Sr. Paula Huecker (Corrine Helen), SFP, passed away on May 24th, 2021 at the age of 77, in her 60th Jubilee year. [More]
Martha Nagel
Martha L. Nagel, 86, of St. Marys, OH died 6:30 a.m. Thursday May 27, 2021 at her daughter's residence. [More]
John Wenning
John Wenning, 61, Coldwater, died May 27, 2021 at the James Cancer Center, Colu [More]
Scott Dippold
Scott Bryant Dippold, 48, of Coldwater, Ohio, passed away on May 27, 2021, after a 3-year battle with cancer. [More]
Ruth Myers
Ruth G. Myers, 84, Celina, died May 27, 2021, at Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockfor [More]
John Doll
John Joseph Doll, 72, lost his hard-fought battle with lung cancer surrounded b [More]
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Subscriber stories on May 29th, 2021
Pilot in critical condition
Crop duster crashed south of Grand Lake
CELINA - A Defiance man is in critical condition after the crop duster he was piloting crashed on Thursday.
Mark J. Gaerte, 43, was piloting his crop duster when it crashed near Guadalupe and Cassella-Montezuma Roads south of Grand Lake just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning.
Minster boys take regional title
TROY - The Minster boys won the Division III regional championship at Memorial Stadium in Troy on a cold, rainy Thursday, with the girls runners-up to West Liberty Salem.
Eyink to play hoops at Capital
When Alex Eyink was making his choice where to attend college and play basketball, the Marion Local senior seemed settled that Capital University was that choice.
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