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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.

Friday, January 8th, 2016

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Coldwater Middle School students, from left Tate Wenning, Aden Fisher, Austin Ebbing and Derek Hart discuss their strategy for district competition among FIRST Lego League teams at Bowling Green on Saturday. The team, We Will Block You, is the only school robotics team in Mercer County. The nine members qualified for the event after claiming second place at a regional event in Versailles in November.

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Rusty ready to rumble

COLDWATER - The classroom was unusually silent as all eyes were fixated on a small robot with a big mission.

"Don't pick it up yet," instructed sixth-grade science and math teacher Beth Thomas, as a group of Coldwater Middle School students praised "Rusty" the robot Tuesday during a practice run. [More]

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