Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
By Margie Wuebker
A 12-year-old Mendon boy died at his home over the weekend, the victim of an apparent suicide by hanging, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports.
Raymond Whetsel, 12, 204 W. Walnut St., was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday. [More]
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - Students at the Fort Recovery Elementary/Middle School are into technology for learning like never before in the school's history, according to various officials.
The school's computer lab was completed at the beginning of the school year with the help of a $182,126 Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) grant. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
Solid shooting from Minster golfers Ben Hogenkamp and Adam Sherman allowed the Wildcats to run the table in the Midwest Athletic Conference, capturing the conference boys golf tournament on Saturday at The Fox's Den to go along with a 9-0 regular season record. [More]
Obituaries on September 22nd, 2008
Former Minster, Russia, and St. Marys resident Rev. David Heinl died at 4:40 a. [More]
Owen Weaver, 94, of Celina died early morning Sept. 22, 2008.
Services are pe [More]
Raymond Whetsel, 12, 204 W. Walnut St., Mendon, was found dead Sept. 21, 2008, [More]
Cleo A. Willmann, 84, 3690 state Route 49, Fort Recovery, died at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster. [More]
Local pictures on September 22nd, 2008
Subscriber stories on September 22nd, 2008
ST. MARYS - Finding builders for the little houses recently placed in Heritage Park happened while Mary Maurer was under the hair dryer at a local beauty shop.
MARIA STEIN - For the last time, Rosemary Moeller checks the black residential mailbox labeled "Maria Stein News" outside her breezeway door, only to find it empty.
MARIA STEIN - Highly-anticipated matchups don't always live up to their hype, but Saturday's showdown in prime time between the state's top two ranked teams in Division IV volleyball certainly did.
In just three years, the St. Henry girls golf team has made it to the summit.
The Redskins capped off a spectacular regular season where they went
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
It went down to the wire for two local boys cross country teams as Minster, New Bremen, Coldwater and St. Marys went to the Van Wert County Hospital Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.
ROSSBURG - J.J. Yeley in midgets, Brad Sweet in sprints and Dave Darland in Silver Crown captured the three USAC features on Saturday night of the Eldora Speedway Four Crown Nationals. Joey Saldana won the World of Outlaws portion of the event on Friday night.