Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 9:00AM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 2:21AM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 10 to 15 below zero expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
NEW BREMEN - Plans are proceeding to construct a new kindergarten-eighth-grade building.
School district treasurer Jill Ahlers detailed a resolution to school board members on Monday evening to issue $14.4 million in bonds to pay for the new building. The bonds would be dated approximately June 1 and bear an estimated 5.1 percent rate to be paid over 30 years. Board members want to place the proposed 7.46-mill construction levy and 1-mill permanent improvement levy on the May 2 ballot. [More]
CELINA - Local farmers are seeing a "concerning increase" in waterhemp in area soybean fields, Ohio State Extension Educator Jeff Stachler said during a weed-management presentation Wednesday afternoon at Wright State University-Lake Campus.
Sightings of pigweed varieties, including waterhemp, have increased in soybean fields across the state, he said. [More]
CELINA - Area school officials and first responders are working to get on the same page to handle emergency situations.
Mercer County school officials and representatives from the sheriff's office met on Wednesday at the Mercer County Courthouse in Celina to discuss more efficient collaboration.
Local farmers can apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture funds from two programs aimed at reducing nutrient runoff that contributes to toxic algal blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
COLDWATER - School board members Wednesday night elected a new president.
With the passing of the baton, outgoing board president Mike Hoying handed over control to Gary Hoying. The board then unanimously elected Dan Rose as vice president.
CHICKASAW - Village Council members are still looking for a person or two to handle supervisory duties at the water and/or wastewater treatment facilities.
