Gary Hall of the Liberty Township Trustees reminds area resident that the recent rains have caused Woodlawn Cemetery to be under water at times.
"A lot of corn stalks are laying on the grass. Until the ground dries we are unable to clean up the cemetery," he said. "In the meantime, we will do our best to get it cleaned up. Thanks for your patience."
Ohio Northern University will host its inaugural Vault on The Tundra on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to Steve Johnson, Ohio Northern University assistant coach track & field.
"This is a pole vault competition for high school and collegiate/open vaulters from all over the midwest," he said.
Hardin Extension Office
Hardin County has recently experienced heavy rains in the past week.
Producers may have concerns about nitrogen loss in cornfields. Nitrogen losses occur by two main pathways: de-nitrification, which is gaseous loss of nitrogen, and leaching of nitrate from the soil through water leaving the tile line or into groundwater. There is no tool or test that can tell us how much has been lost.
The following story was posted on Tuesday in the Bluffton Icon and was updated for Ada Icon viewers. The above story is also posted on the Bluffton Icon.
With 3.34 inches of rain from Friday to Monday – according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora, weather observer – area streams overflowed their banks leaving Bluffton almost an island as Riley Creek also overflowed on Tuesday.
Bluffton emergency services had prepared for the flooding, as announced by Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, at Monday’s council meeting.
Story and photos by Amy Eddings
Flooding on the western grounds of Ohio Northern University has been so severe, Ada village officials have had to bring in two pumps from Cleveland to help drain the area.
The problem is the stormwater retention pond that’s situated east of the soccer field. It’s so swollen with rainwater from the weekend’s drenching storms that it overflowed its banks, spilling into Mirror Lake to the south and washing out much of the “green monster” exercise track that passes nearby.
