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
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
St. Marys woman on a crusade to increase butterfly numbers
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. MARYS - "Monarch Inn" might be the most appropriate name for Jill Bowers's rural home this time of year.
These days her house, garage and backyard are host to containers filled with monarch butterflies in various stages of development. "Monarch Mom," as she is called, nurtures them from tiny eggs, tags their colorful orange and black wings and sends them on their migratory journey to Mexico. [More]
By Mark Ruschau
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Redskins opened Midwest Athletic Conference play in dominating fashion as they defeated the New Bremen Cardinals 42-0 on Friday night at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
With the win, St. Henry improves to 3-0 overall while New Bremen falls to 1-2. [More]
By Bruce Monnin
DELPHOS - Coming into Friday night's contest, the Minster Wildcats had lost 13 straight games to the Delphos St. John's Blue Jays by an average of almost 28 points.
Unfortunately for Minster, history repeated itself as the Blue Jays used a strong rushing game and a tough defense to defeat the Wildcats 48-6 at Stadium Park. [More]
Obituaries on September 12th, 2009
Carey D. "Dave" Knittle, 58, of Monticello, died Sept. 11, 2009, when his motor [More]
Mary E. Osborn, 90, Willshire, died at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 2009.
She was born [More]
Max A. Prichard, 72, of 1422 Oakland Court, St. Marys, died at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Local pictures on September 12th, 2009
Subscriber stories on September 12th, 2009
School board starts process to fire teacher charged with public indecency, voyeurism
A long-time St. Marys City Schools teacher recently charged with public indecency and voyeurism was suspended without pay and likely will be fired.
Downtown building restoration will continue in Celina as two more projects were approved by the city's Design Review Committee on Thursday evening.
Fort Recovery schools
FORT RECOVERY - Board of education members will consider whether to adopt a new supplemental policy authorizing the school to pay its volunteer basketball coaches.
A Daily Standard editorial
Long range planning is not normally on our radar.
But with the deadline for completion of the new Mercer County jail building set for Nov. 20, we w
ROSSBURG - Sullivan, Wisconsin's Dan Schlieper turned in the fastest time during qualifications for the World 100 on Friday night at Eldora Speedway. Schlieper, the 2003 World 100 champion, toured the high-banked, one-half mile oval in 16.853 seconds.
WAPAKONETA - The Celina football team looked well on their way to picking put their first win of the season on Friday night with a 20-0 lead in the second quarter against a Wapakoneta team that hadn't scored a point all year.
COLDWATER - Two quick scores put Coldwater up early, but the Cavaliers had all they could handle from Versailles before holding off the Tigers for a 25-14 win at Cavalier Stadium in an early Midwest Athletic Conference battle of unbeatens.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
In the battle between the air attack of Fort Recovery and the running game of Anna, the Rockets got the edge.
The Rockets totaled 285 yards rushing and nearly 400 yards of total offense in winning a 56-28 shootout over the Indians at Barrenbrugge Park.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Kyle Puschel had a career game as St. Marys remained among the leaders in the Western Buckeye League football standi