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Hardin Northern first grade read stories about sounds. They used play dough mats to make different instruments. Then they made maracas and practiced keeping a beat!

Stopping to check on a disabled vehicle led to the arrest of a 29 year old Columbus man in Union County. According to information from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, at just before 11:30 Thursday morning, a deputy on patrol stopped to check on a disabled 2017 Nissan Rogue on Mitchell DeWitt Road near Industrial […]

The Village Office in McGuffey will be closed to the public today until Wednesday March 22nd. The reason for the closing is to fulfill requests from the auditor, according to the village’s Facebook page.  Any urgent matters may be sent to the village Facebook messenger page for immediate response. The closing will not affect the […]

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Thursday that more than half a million dollars in grants that will help more teenagers in low-income families get access to free driver training have been awarded.  The grants are being awarded through Governor DeWine’s Drive to Succeed Scholarship Program and Youthful Driver Safety Fund. Twenty-five governmental agencies around the […]

Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Columbus – As St. Patrick’s Day celebrations take place this week throughout the state, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers and local law enforcement will work together to remove impaired drivers from the roadways. The effort is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving campaign. […]

The Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 held a kickoff event in Findlay Wednesday to highlight the highway improvements coming in the 2023 construction season. Work is now beginning on 79 projects in District 1’s eight counties, which include Hardin. Projects in the works for Hardin County are: STATE ROUTE 67 RESURFACING: Resurface two miles […]

Hardin County EMA has been working with plan developer, Resource Solutions Associates of Norwalk, to review and develop updates to the Hardin County, All Hazards Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan. After meetings held with local officials in November 2022 and further information obtained by surveys to these officials, a draft has been developed. From March 17th to […]

The Hardin County Young Professionals will meet on April 19 at noon in the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance Conference Room. The featured speaker is Ohio Northern University Career Services. Hardin County Young Professionals is a group of young professionals aged 21 to 45.  The group has the ultimate goal of building professional relationships, […]

The Ohio Division of Wildlife encouraged those filling out a tax return to consider making  a donation to the Wildlife Diversity Fund. In the past, the donations have supported the reintroduction of native species including lake sturgeon, freshwater mussels and the monarch butterfly. Donations also fund free informational field guides and classroom resources and support […]

The Easter Coloring Contest at the Mary Lou Johnson Hardin County District Library will start this Saturday March 18. It is for the age groups of Preschool through Kindergarten, first through third and fourth through sixth grades. A coloring page for each age group can be picked up at the library. Voting will take place […]