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IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
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IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
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IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
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BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - Sailing down the midway - between funnel cake and corn dog stands - is an unexpected 6-foot-long riverboat on wheels with two colorful captains.
John and Karen Anderson are entertaining young and old at the Mercer County Fair this week with their Travel 'N Riverboat Show. [More]
"Brother Nick's machine" will be demonstrated at Aug. 24 event
By Nancy Allen
A one-of-a-kind cover crop seeder/corn detassler built by a local man will be demonstrated during a cover crop walk Aug. 24 at the Mercer Wildlife Area.
Brother Nick Renner, a grain farmer and member of the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board, bought a 1970 corn detassler in Illinois in January and attached an air seeder to it. [More]
Obituaries on August 17th, 2010
Hazel Longsworth, 79, Celina, died Aug. 16, 2010, at her home.
Funeral arrang [More]
Franklin J. "Frank" Howell, 70, Wapakoneta, died at 8:15 a.m. Aug. 16, 2010, at [More]
Winifred J. Keister, 88, Celina, died at 8:23 p.m. Aug. 15, 2010, at the Gardens in Celina. [More]
Marceil R. Abels, 67, Fort Recovery, died at 8:25 p.m. Aug. 15, 2010, at her home. [More]
Local pictures on August 17th, 2010
Subscriber stories on August 17th, 2010
Company proposing to use local animal waste to generate electricity
CELINA - A manure digester plant would help preserve the robust agricultural heritage of the area while creating an ancillary energy industry that one man believes is the wave of the future.
CELINA - Board of education members on Monday agreed to stay in the running for Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) money for a possible construction project.
MINSTER - Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night set Aug. 26 as the date for a work session to discuss the need for additional money and what type of funding vehicle to take to voters next year.
ST. HENRY - School officials hope a rebate check is on the way after paying more than expected for electricity last year.
St. Henry Consolidated Lo
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is investigating a manure pollution incident reported shortly before 3 p.m. Friday in Little Beaver Creek and a tributary at Philothea and Township Line roads.
The Auglaize-Mercer County Drug Task Force arrested six people Monday following a 6-month investigation by officers.
The action was the result of an ongoing effort by the task force, which consists of law enforcement officers from both counties in the Grand Lake area.
The 48th annual Farm Science Review, Ohio's premier agricultural event, will be held Sept. 21-23 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London.
The event attracts around 140,000 visitors from the U.S. and Canada each year, a news release from Farm Science Review Manager Chuck Gamble says.
Local Golf Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Marion Local and Coldwater traveled across the state line and into Winchester, Ind., to face Mississinawa Valley in a boys golf trimatch on Monday.
(Editor's note: This story was inadvertantly left out of Monday's sports section)
ROSSBURG - Driving the UMP Modified owned by Mercer Countians C