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.
It's just a drop in the bucket, but with the goal of creating a tidal wave of support and catching the state's attention, the nonprofit Lake Development Corporation (LDC) Monday passed a resolution to spend $5,000 to test sediment removal technology in Grand Lake. [More]
Terry "Cheeseburger" Borger, 57, 215 Red Bud Ave., Celina, died at 4 p.m. Jan. 31, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Marjorie L. Knudson, 92, of Rockford, and formerly of Celina and Alma, Mich., died at 11:37 a.m. Jan. 31, 2010, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
New crappie fishing regulations took effect Jan. 1 on Grand Lake and 37 other Ohio lakes, imposing a nine-inch per fish minimum and 30 fish per day limit.
EQIP the most popular with Mercer County producers
Mercer County farmers have until Feb. 16 to apply for a first round of funding from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and until March 1 to apply for a first round of funding from the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP).
