Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Darke County in west central Ohio... Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 822 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monroe to Redkey, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, Montezuma, New Weston, Yorkshire, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, North Dayton, and Maria Stein.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:26PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Lakeview, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Kenton, Ada, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Patterson, Dola, Huntersville, Pfeiffer, Big Springs, and State Route 195 at State Route 235.
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Money for Grand Lake
By William Kincaid
GRAND LAKE - Mercer County commissioners have been awarded a $484,000 grant from the Ohio EPA to help put a $1 million system in place to reduce the amount of phosphorus getting in Grand Lake.
The system, called a water quality treatment train, would be installed in Prairie Creek on the south side of the lake in late summer or early fall. Prairie Creek was chosen because it is the best sample of the problems going on, Ebbing said. [More]
District 4 ACME Tournament
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - After three trips to the plate without a hit, Celina's Kahl Knapke was due when he stepped up in the bottom of the sixth in the championship game of the District 4 ACME baseball tournament.
  And did he ever come through.
Knapke's double to rightfield with the bases loaded brought three runs in and led Celina to the district championship with an 8-4 win over Coldwater on Tuesday night at Veterans Field in Coldwater. [More]
Obituaries on July 21st, 2010
The Rev. Laurence Edward "Laurie" Feaver, 81, St. Marys, died July 15, 2010, at Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Marget L. Menchofer, 68, Celina, died at 12:40 a.m. July 20, 2010, at The Gardens in Celina. [More]
Ronald Eugene Boroff, 58, Celina, died at 5:05 a.m. July 20, 2010, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. [More]
Louis L. Heitkamp, 73, St. Henry, died at 3:10 p.m. July 20, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Mark Kremer, 82, St. Henry, died July 20, 2010, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Mary Onalee Betz Clark, 93, Cadillac, Mich., died July 17, 2010, at Green Acres Retirement Living in Cadillac, Mich. [More]
Nelson E. Rupard Jr., 47, St. Marys, died at 5 a.m. July 19, 2010, at his home. [More]
Ruth J. VanDemark Neeper, 88, Lima, died at 5 p.m. July 18, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee in Lima. [More]
Local pictures on July 21st, 2010
Subscriber stories on July 21st, 2010
Money for Grand Lake
GRAND LAKE - Federal help is on the way for Grand Lake.
Farmers in the Grand Lake Watershed are eligible to apply for $1 million in USDA money to help install conservation practices that stem the flow of nutrients into the lake and hopefully curb algae growth.
Former Gibbons Hospital
CELINA - A city plan to purchase the former Gibbons Hospital this year for additional parking has been abandoned due to the city's financial situation.
NEW BREMEN - A playground complete with handicapped-accessible swings, climbing walls, balance beams and water fountains - the first of its kind in Northwest Ohio - will become part of Bremenfest Park as a result of action taken Tuesday morning by the New Bremen/New Knoxville Rotary Club.
MINSTER - Residents and organizations can have input on bronze art pieces planned in connection with the upcoming Fourth Street reconstruction project.
ROCKFORD - More than 30 West Market Street residents attended the village council meeting Tuesday to hear about the upcoming street reconstruction project. Some voiced concerns; most just listened.
Mercer County had the fourth lowest unemployment rate in Ohio in June, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Bureau of Job and Family Services.
FORT LORAMIE - A new restaurant in downtown Fort Loramie is owned by a Minster resident with 32 years experience in the food business.
Jim Poeppelman opened Flavor on Elm at 15 Elm St., east of state Route 66, last month.
CELINA - The Grand Lake Mariners' free fall in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League continued on Tuesday night.
Hamilton broke a scoreless tie with a four-run seventh inning and went on to beat Grand Lake, 4-2, at Jim Hoess Field.