An Amish family is being given a month to move out of a barn or have site and soil evaluations conducted at his Dudley Township home. The Kenton-Hardin Health Board on Tuesday night agreed to give Mervyn Petersheim until June 27 to conduct the tests after Petersheim failed to have the tests done or meet with the board to air his concerns.
The Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library in Kenton will be kicking off its summer reading program on June 5, with six weeks full of activities for children of all ages. Each week of the summer reading program will feature its own theme and related activities.
As the opioid problems in Hardin County continue, a program to make medication to counter opioid overdoses more available to the public was approved Tuesday by the Kenton-Hardin Health Board. For about two years, many local first responders have carried Naloxone to block the effects of opioids in an emergency situation.
Hardin County’s unemployment rate improved to 4.1 percent in April, according to figures released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Market Information through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory Shopkeepers Group is announcing 1st Saturdays in Mount Victory. A special series of events on the first Saturday of each month this summer and fall including a garden tour, Independence Day celebrating, wine tasting, a painted chair challenge, fall pumpkin fun, a turkey trot, scarecrow contest, and the annual Christmas Open House.
Kenton City Council’s Special Projects Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 1 in the conference room at the Kenton Municipal Building to discuss grass ordinances.
The Kenton Police Department is searching for a missing 16-year-old boy and asking anyone who has seen Trevor Lease to contact the department at 419-673-0771. Chief Dennis Musser said today Lease left his home at Forest Court Apartments last night. Officers have been searching today for the boy, who may be riding a bicycle.
The Hardin County Engineer’s Department announced County Road 175 between Ohio 309 and Bales Road has reopened.
The Hardin County Engineer’s Office has announced the opening of two roads in Dudley Township. Township Road 146 between County Roads 227 and 219 has reopened, as has Township road 146 between County Road 165 and Township Road 199.
