Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
a_d
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Lloyd Laut
Former New Bremen resident Lloyd J. Laut, 105, died at 8:50 a.m. Aug. 31, 2008, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community.
He was born Dec. 16, 1902, in New Bremen, to Clarence and Luetta Speckman Laut. On Jan. 17, 1924, he married Esther Hoeper, who died Feb. 23, 1993.
Surviving are six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Deceased are two daughters, Shirley Jane Werling and Joyce Ann Hauck; a brother, Arnold; two sisters, Jeannette Bertke and Lorraine Blanke; and a grandson.
He worked for the former Creamy Patron Printery, the former Leader Printing Company, St. Marys, The Lima News, The New Bremen Sun and the Evening Leader, St. Marys. In He retired from the American Budget Company, in 1968 after serving as president and chairman of the board. He was elected mayor of New Bremen in 1954, and served three successive two-year terms, and two four-year terms on the New Bremen Local Schools Board of Education. A 1920 New Bremen High School graduate, he was a member, past trustee and secretary of St. Paul United Church of Christ, New Bremen. He was the first president of the Mercer-Auglaize County Baseball League, New Bremen, business manager and officer of the Ohio/Indiana Semi-Pro Baseball League, general business manager of the Western Ohio Semi-Pro Baseball League, one of the organizers and members of the New Bremen Rod and Gun Club and the Home Benefit Association of New Bremen.
He also was past president of the New Bremen Parent Teacher Association, a member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, Scottish Rite Valley of Dayton and Antioch Temple, borh of Dayton, Auglaize-Mercer Shrine Club, past trustee of the Mercer County Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge Golf Association, New Bremen Historic Association, past president of the German Township Mausoleum Association and past president and treasurer of the Ohio Consumer Loan Association.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home, New Bremen, the Rev. Leah Matthews officiating. Burial is at German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen.
Calling is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Archive of
September 2nd, 2008
Buy this E-Edition
Additional obituaries on this date
Larady Brown Jr.
Larady A. "JR" Brown Jr., 48, 119 S. Wayne St., Fort Recovery, died at 12:37 p.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at his residence. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Donald Brunswick
Donald B. "Tiny" Brunswick, 81, 2082 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, Fort Recovery, died at 5:23 a.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Bernard Droesch
Bernard A. "Ben" Droesch, 86, 6897 Droesch Road, Chickasaw, died at 2:20 a.m. Aug. 31, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Barbara Freeman
Former Celina resident Barbara Ann Freeman, 73, of Englewood, died Aug. 27, 2008, at the Medem International Clinic and Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia. [More]
Margaret Frye
Margaret Frye, 80, of Celina, died Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence.
She was [More]
Kathryn Porter
Kathryn E. Porter, 92, of Delphos, died at 8:10 a.m. Sept. 1, 2008, at her daug [More]
a_d