Maria Stein News

The Darke County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the suspicious death of a former Fort Recovery man whose decomposed body was discovered Sunday afternoon inside a recreational vehicle near Union City.

The Darke County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the suspicious death of a former Fort Recovery man whose decomposed body was discovered Sunday afternoon inside a recreational vehicle near Union City.

The Marion Local Schools board of education made it official Monday night - they intend to seek an additional property tax at the November general election.

Tonya Marie Bruns of Maria Stein, OH and Nicholos Lynn Thorbahn of Oak Harbor are announcing their engagement.

Seven-year-old Spencer Kaup of Fort Recovery applies colorful beads to a thank-you card he intends to give to his parents during a Kids for Christ daycamp at The Spiritual Center of Maria Stein on Wednesday.

Greg Nietfeld, a member of the Marion Athletic Boosters, checks out a batch of french fries fresh from the fryer at the 21st annual Maria Stein Country Fest.

Bethany Bertke spent a year walking local fields seeking the stones she needed to build a grotto for the Maria Stein Spiritual Center.

The Flying Wallendas perform on a tightrope at the Maria Stein County Fest during a Thursday afternoon preview for nursing home residents as well as the media.

Have you ever seen tractors do-si-do before? Would you like to? You needn't travel far to see such a stunt.

"Pilgrim George," as Pittsburgh, Pa., native George Walter is called, prepares to depart from the Spiritual Center of Maria Stein while passing through the area this past week.

Staff photo/Mike Burkholder "Pilgrim" George Walter walks down Spring Street in St.

The Mercer County Board of Elections has reduced the number of polling places for the November presidential election from 12 to eight.

Jenny Briggs, 12, of St. Marys concentrates on wrapping clay just right to make a penguin mug at an Arts Place summer program at the St.

Ryan Thobe, of Maria Stein, awaits a glass of German beer being poured by Roy Brown of Minster during Saturday's Bock and Rock: A Beer Tasting Experience sponsored by the Minster Civic Association.

Elizabeth Knapke was born 25 June 1807 at Nellinghof, Neuenkirchen, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany.

Twenty Girl Scouts from throughout the area recently received Gold Awards during the annual recognition dinner at the Apollo Career Center.

Ivo Post scoops hog manure out of a Geotube at his farm Thursday near Maria Stein. via The Daily Standard

“This project certainly has young people speaking up for the unborn”

Teenagers throughout Mercer County will be wearing blue April 29 as a means of increasing awareness of abortion and the number of unborn lives lost daily. via The Daily Standard

A 20-year-old Miami County woman has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an April 2007 traffic accident that injured several of her passengers. via The Daily Standard

“Nick Schwieterman is a good man and if these assumptions are true he had a very, very bad day”

Nicholas Schwieterman, the 22-year-old Chickasaw man charged in connection with the deaths of four area teens, sat quietly in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Thursday afternoon as his attorneys entered a ... via The Daily Standard