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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Friday, August 19th, 2022
Livestock champions sell at auction
Photo by Paige Sutter/The Daily Standard

The gallon of dairy milk shown by Buckeye 88s member Jack Knapke, son of Dale and Kate Knapke, sold for $10,100 to a group including Andy Buschur Hoof Trimming, Buschur Dairy Farms Inc., Celina Insurance Group, Mercer County Commissioner Rick Muhlenkamp, Dale and Kate Knapke, Glacier-Hill Farm LLC, Koesters Mechanical Systems LLC, Maria Stein Animal Clinic, Otte AG, LLC, Peoples Bank, Reichert Family, The St. Henry Bank, Top Priority Nutrition- Jay Hein, Tri County Nutrition, Wenning Dairy LLC, Kerns Auto Group, VFW Auxiliary Post 6515, Sunrise Co-op, Louis Otte & Sons LLC,VFW Post 6515, Cooper Farms, Gold Top Farm - Kasey & Angela Schwieterman Family, Big K Mills, Inc, Coba Select Sires, WG Dairy Supply Inc, Allen and Terri Spoltman, Burtch Seed Company, Dan and Ginny Dues, Gary Uhlenhake Family, Junior Fair Boosters, Fennig Equipment, Joe & Jean's Town Tavern, John and Nancy Wuebker, Wuebker Drainage, St. Henry Tile Co Inc., Poor Jacks Ent., Walnut Hill Feeds, Overman Trucking, Fennig Homan Agribusiness, Bergman Seed & Service LLC, Bornhorst Breeding, Helena Agri Enterprises, Park National Bank, Joe and Shannon Dicke, KENN-FELD GROUP, LLC, Farm Credit Mid-America and K & L Tractor Sales & Service Inc.

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