Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
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.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
By Sydney Albert
WAPAKONETA - Republican incumbent John Bergman handily beat his independent challenger, Duane Stienecker, in the race for Auglaize County commissioner.
According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Bergman received 20,304 votes, or 84.1%, while Stienecker received 3,838 votes, or 15.9%. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Long-entrenched Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin of Coldwater secured an 11th four-year term on Election Day.
Laffin, a Republican, easily defeated Democratic rival Don Holtvoigt of Celina, by taking 82.13 % of the total vote. According to Mercer County Board of Elections' unofficial results, 18,851 ballots were cast for Laffin and 4,103 for Holtvoigt. [More]
By Daily Standard Staff
By WILLIAM KINCAID and SYDNEY ALBERT
newsroom@dailystandard.com
Local voters came out in droves this election cycle.
Mercer County likely saw a record-breaking turnout of 80.08%. The county's previous highest voter turnout for a presidential election since 1996 was the 2008 contest that pitted Barack Obama against John McCain. The turnout that election was 78.83%, per statistics provided by board of elections chairwoman Toni Slusser. [More]
Obituaries on November 4th, 2020
Mary Ann Salway, 85, of Willshire, Ohio passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [More]
Shirley M. (Welker) Kemper age 82 of Maria Stein, Ohio died Sunday, November 1, 2020 at her daughter's home in Mendon. [More]
Sue Lehman, 76, Wapakoneta, died at 4:20 a.m. Nov. 2, 2020, at her residence. [More]
Local pictures on November 4th, 2020
Subscriber stories on November 4th, 2020
CELINA - An 80-year-old Fort Recovery woman reportedly is the latest person to die from COVID-19 in Mercer County, raising the total number of deaths to 29.
WAPAKONETA - A St. Marys man has been sentenced to 23 to 26.5 years in prison for convictions on two first-degree felony counts of rape and two third-degree felony counts of gross sexual imposition.
MINSTER - Village council members on Tuesday approved the second round of COVID-19 relief grants for 14 local businesses.
The latest grants, ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, totaled $26,000. They were funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
By WILLIAM KINCAID and SYDNEY ALBERT
newsroom@dailystandard.com
Voters in Mercer and Auglaize counties overwhelmingly supported fire levies on the ballot on Election Day.
WAPAKONETA - A five-year, 1-mill operating levy benefiting the Auglaize County Council on Aging has been renewed, gaining approval from about three-quarters of all voters in the county, according to Tuesday night's unofficial results.
WAPAKONETA - Jason A. Stienecker will continue to serve as Auglaize County Coroner, beating opponent Ken Fox with more than 70% of the vote, according to Tuesday's unofficial election results.
CELINA - A Celina City School District renewal operating levy passed with solid support from voters on Election Day.
The renewal levy passed the finish line with 5,702 votes, or 59.25%, in support and 3,921 against the issue, according to Mercer County Board of Elections' unofficial results.
ROCKFORD - Voters overwhelmingly approved the renewal of a five-year, 0.7-mill permanent improvement levy for Vantage Career Center, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night.
FORT RECOVERY - Nearly 68% of voters supported the renewal of a five-year operating levy for the village, according to unofficial election results on Tuesday night.
Both local state representatives and the local senator - all Republicans - were re-elected to their posts and will return to Columbus.

12th Senate
All three Republican U.S. representatives from the Grand Lake area were re-elected by large margins according to unofficial vote tallies on Tuesday night.
Ankerman's OT goal lifts Roughriders to regional semifinal victory
ST. MARYS- St. Marys found some last-minute magic on Tuesday night, and the Roughriders needed every drop of it in their Division II girls soccer regional semifinal against Mentor Lake Catholic.
Division IV Regional Volleyball Semifinals Preview
Fort Recovery's win over Marion Local last Thursday for a Division IV district volleyball championship could easily be called a "once in a lifetime" victory.
Division IV Regional Volleyball Semifinals Preview
Most volleyball teams look to go into the postseason on a high note.
But for New Bremen, the Cardinals ended the regular season a bit staggered in dropping league matches to New Knoxville and Fort Recovery to go from first to third in the Midwest Athletic Conference.