BLUFFTON — Bluffton University will present its 121st performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.

Suspicious vehicle reports were received in the 10 block of Maple Street and the 200 block of N. Detroit Street. A report was received of a vehicle with its trunk open parked beside Twirl.

The Hardin County Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct four new members at a recognition banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at St. John’s Evangelical Church in Kenton. The 2016 inductees are Stephanie Jolliff, Wright McCullough, Bruce A. McPheron and Mark A. Rose.

Wednesday was a bad day for Jamie Lee Whittaker of Kenton. She was scheduled to go before a jury on 17 felonies, mostly related to drug abuse.

DOLA — Hardin Northern Superintendent Jeff Price was among state school leaders who traveled to the Statehouse in Columbus on Tuesday to share their concerns about new graduation requirements, starting in the 2017-2018 school year.

ALGER — Members of the Alger board of public affairs and council sat together at a table during a work session Wednesday evening to develop a plan for addressing concerns from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regarding their water service.

THURSDAY, NOV. 17 Ridgemont Board of Education – 5 p.m., conference room

To the editor: To all our farmer friends,

PATTERSON — Due to lack of a quorum, the Village of Patterson council meeting has been rescheduled for 4:30 Monday, Nov. 28 at the Forest-Jackson Public Library.

An officer was dispatched to 511 Express, 311 S. Main St., for a report of a counterfeit $50 bill. It was learned that the suspect who passed the bill was not aware that it was counterfeit.