Friday, June 8th, 2018 | The Daily Standard

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.

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Friday, June 8th, 2018

County OKs loans to aid expansions

Brewery, pet business gain funding

By William Kincaid

CELINA - Revolving loan funds totaling $200,000 were issued to two established businesses looking to expand their operations.

Mercer County commissioners Greg Homan, Rick Muhlenkamp and Jerry Laffin on Thursday morning passed resolutions to issue revolving loan funds in the amounts of $175,000 to Moeller Brew Barn/Wright Moeller Investments LLC of Maria Stein and $25,000 to K-9 Clubhouse LLC of Coldwater. [More]

Obituaries on June 8th, 2018

James Hart

James "Jim" Hart, 71, Celina, died at 1:11 a.m. June 7, 2018, at Lutheran Hospi [More]

Ronald Roby

Ronald W. Roby, 68, of Saint Marys, died 11:45 A.M. Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Van Wert. [More]

Mark Shelby

Mark J. Shelby, 58, rural New Knoxville, died at 2:13 p.m. June 6 at his residence. [More]

Local pictures on June 8th, 2018

Subscriber stories on June 8th, 2018

Businessman's love of coffee leads to new shop

CELINA - A new coffee franchise is coming to town.

Jonathan Sell, who with his mother, Constance, owns and operates Biggby Coffee in St. Marys, aims to open a second store in the Grand Lake Road building that had housed Padrone's Pizza.

Speaker: Ohio played major role in World War I

ST. MARYS - World War I erased Americans' belief that "the oceans would protect from things going on in Europe," curator Susan Talbot-Stanaway told more than 20 curious area residents at the St. Marys community Public Library.

Fort plant cracks egg-breaking market

Local group tours operation

FORT RECOVERY - About 20 people toured the CW Egg facility on Thursday in Fort Recovery. The egg-breaking plant owned by Cooper Farms and Weaver Brothers opened in 2014 and employs 35 people.

St. Marys will have brief outage

ST. MARYS - Residents in some areas of the city will be affected Sunday morning by a scheduled power outage from about 7-9 a.m.

This outage will af

Wildcats win in Tennessee

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

The Minster ACME team opened its annual trip to Tennessee with two wins in games played at Smokes Stadium in Kodak, home of the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate the Tennessee Smokies.

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