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
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Photo by Jason Snyder/The Daily Standard

David Hanselmann, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources, holds up a new plan to help reduce nutrients from getting into Grand Lake after some crowd members demand to discuss the document during the meeting, rather than afterwards. Seated to Hanselmann's left are ODNR Director Sean Logan, Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Robert Boggs, State Rep. Jim Zehringer, R-Fort Recovery, and State Rep. John Adams, R-Sidney.

Related online story:
Angry lake residents want to hear plan
Almost 200 people came to Wright State University-Lake Campus on Monday to hear about a state-directed plan to help the community clean up Grand Lake, and when they didn't hear it, some got pretty mad. [More]
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