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2 weeks ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid |Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - In just a few weeks, area treatment trains that filter out nutrients responsible for toxic blue-green algal blooms in Grand Lake will be turned on, and officials are shooting for the stars in 2025, with hopes of processing 1 billion gallons of water, compared to about 625 million gallons last year. [More]
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3 weeks ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid |Gary R. Rasberry
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Obituaries on March 22nd, 2025 Charles "Al" Summers, age 75, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
He was born June 16, 1949, in Dayton, OH to the late Ernest and Alta Mae Summers. [More] Funeral rites for Jerry L. Grunden were held march 21, 2025, at Lehman-Dzendzel Funeral Home. The Rev. Randy Christian officiated. [More] Local pictures on March 22nd, 2025 Subscriber stories on March 22nd, 2025
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
By William Kincaid CELINA - The Mercer County Health District is bleeding money to such an extent that its officials, who went before the Mercer County Budget Commission on Friday morning requesting a 15% increase in annual appropriations, were asked to considering running a property tax levy.
Health district officials gave a presentation showing their need for additional local tax dollars after years of being largely flatlined.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Local state park has record year for overnight stays By William Kincaid
ST. MARYS - Grand Lake St. Marys State Park enjoyed a record-breaking year for overnight stays in 2024, riding a wave of public enthusiasm for the great outdoors that lifted other state parks to similar heights.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Local state park has record year for overnight stays By William Kincaid ST. MARYS - Grand Lake St. Marys State Park enjoyed a record-breaking year for overnight stays in 2024, riding a wave of public enthusiasm for the great outdoors that lifted other state parks to similar heights.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Remembering the 2024 twisters - NASA-style By William Kincaid CELINA - One year ago today, a pair of EF1 tornadoes packing winds up to 110 mph tore through Mercer County, one of which continued a trail of destruction well into Auglaize County, according to the National Weather Service.
Less than two months later, another pair of tornadoes would hit the area, causing massive structural damage.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid |Gary R. Rasberry
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Obituaries on March 13th, 2025 James "Jim" Niekamp, age 84, of St. Henry, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Marc [More] Roger Lee Zoll passed away on November 18th, 2024, in Kalkaska, MI. Roger was b [More] James Blount, age 90 of Rockford, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 [More] James Danback went home to be with his Savior and Lord on March 11, 2025 at the age of 88. [More] Victoria E.
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1 month ago | 
dailystandard.com | William Kincaid
Developer says area poised for projects By William Kincaid CELINA - Places such as Mercer and Auglaize counties, if they play their cards right, could be poised for economic development, according to David Burrows of the Dayton Development Coalition. Much of the Dayton-Cincinnati corridor is out of space, and Burrows sees future projects looking for suitable sites to the north.
