August is school bus safety month Findlay– This month, thousands of Ohio school children will be heading back to school. For many of these students their day starts and ends by riding a school bus. The safety of the students riding to and from school, as well as to school-sanctioned events, is a top priority. Since 2017, there have been 6,200 traffic crashes involving school buses in Ohio. During this […]
Anyone interested in running for Wyandot County Fairboard must obtain a petition from the Senior Fair Secretary's office and return it before 5:00p.m. on September 7th. The Wyandot County Agricultural Society Board of Directors consists of 21 members - one from each township and eight at-large (anywhere in Wyandot County.) Any resident of Wyandot County over the age of 18 is eligible to join the Ag Society with the purchase […]
The Hardin County DARE Golf Outing has been scheduled for Saturday August 27. Check-in will be at 8 followed by the shotgun start at 9 that morning at Veterans Memorial Park Golf Course in Kenton. The cost is $55 for non-members, $35 for members without a cart and $25 for members with a cart. All of the proceeds stay in Hardin County to assist the Sheriff's Office in presenting the […]
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he has declared Tuesday, August 9, 2022, as honorary Dolly Parton Day in Ohio: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/OHIOGOVERNOR/2022/08/08/file_attachments/2238570/DOC.pdf Parton visited Columbus today to celebrate early literacy and the success of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio. Championed by First Lady Fran DeWine and supported by the Ohio General Assembly and affiliates across the state, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio currently mails more than 327,000 […]
There will be three West Ohio Food Bank drive through food distributions in Hancock County this week. The first one is tomorrow from 11:00am until 1:00pm at the Church of Christ in McComb. The other two will both be Saturday August 13 in Findlay. From 8:30 until 10:00am, it will be at the First Presbyterian Church and then from 1:30 until 3:00pm, it will be at the University of Findlay […]
The City of Kenton Tree Commission has scheduled a meeting for this Thursday August 11. It will start at 9:00am at the Kenton City Building. A list of trees to be removed or trimmed and advertisement of bids will be the topic of discussion. A representative from the Ohio Department of Transportation will also be there to help develop a plan for hazardous tree removal or trimming.
The first ever Junior Fair Prince and Princess winners were announced on WKTN’s Morning Buzz show with Chad and Jenny this morning. Fair volunteer Jolene Buchenroth said qualified youth in the community sold 50/50 tickets, and the winners were determined by who sold the most tickets. She announced the winners starting with the prince, “Who sold a total of 625 tickets is Bowen Burnworth, and selling the most tickets overall […]
U.S. 68, which is Main Street in the village of Dunkirk, will be closed for one day only this Wednesday August 10. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, that is for a railroad repair project. The detour will be U.S. 30 to State Route 235 to State Route 81 back to U.S. 68.
The Hardin County Community School's Back to School Bash is scheduled for this Sunday. It will be held from 4 until 6pm at Boy Scout Lake in Kenton. The event will offer school supplies, food, games and bounce houses. The Back to School Bash is sponsored by numerous local churches and businesses.