Minster News

By MIKE BURKHOLDER Managing Editor ST. MARYS - A challenger for the third and final council-at-large seat in St.

Village councilors Tuesday night authorized village administrator Don Harrod to seek legal opinions on the matter of purchasing green power through two proposed hydroelectric projects.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer MINSTER - Students in Minster are gearing up to conduct the second round of a history project started last year.

By ALLISON ROORDA Staff Writer MINSTER - The holiday season is a time for giving and one local couple plans to do just that this year.

Staff photo/Angela Weaver: Aiden Teeters, 2, of New Bremen, sits on Santa's lap during a visit to Western Ohio True Value Hardware in Minster.

Dale Sherman, president of the Minster Local Schools board of education, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence during a recent appearance in Auglaize Municipal Court.

Joseph W. Veit, 79, died at 2:01 a.m. Nov. 3, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center.

Voters in the St. Marys City Schools district ousted an incumbent board member in one of five contested school board races held in the Grand Lake area on Tuesday.

Saturday October 17, 2009 Tailgate event to benefit group Staff photo/Angela Weaver:Members of Reliable Tent Rental set up the tent outside the St.

Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.

Thursday, 08 October 2009 By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer MINSTER - Parents of Minster High School students attended an informational session Wednesday night that will help prepare them for the next steps of their students' education.

A community of 2800 people is gearing up for 60,000 visitors for the 35th Annual Minster Oktoberfest.

Third-graders from Minster Elementary School toured local streets and listened to a Frantz Joseph Stallo impersonator as part of the annual German Heritage program sponsored by the Minster Historical Society.

Staff photo/Katie Yantis: Jeff Wells, left, Dave and Carol Stelts and Jeff Deatherage pose with the heaviest pumpkin during the annual Pumpkinfest in New Bremen.

Logan Deitsch, St. Marys, measures the slope in a farm field on Coldwater Creek Road as Kara Uhlenhake, Coldwater, records her findings during the 7th annual Mercer County Soils Judging Contest.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer A new event has been planned to kick off this year's United Way of Auglaize County Campaign.

Mother Nature threw a foggy complication into the works Wednesday morning leading to delays and ultimate closures for many schools in Mercer and Auglaize counties.

The following are school closings and delays as of 11 a.m. Wednesday: St. Marys - closed Grand Lake Christian School - closed Celina - closed Wapakoneta - closed New Bremen - 3 hour delay New Knoxville - 3 hour delay Minster - 3 hour delay Auglaize Industries - 2 hour delay Check back for regular updates to this list.

The cancellation of more than 200 voter registrations by the Mercer County Board of Elections office staff has been called into question and is being reviewed by a bi-partisan committee of the Mercer County Election Board.

ELLIS, Helen D. - 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove. Burial: Vaughnsville Cemetery.