POET Biorefining - Marion broke ground Tuesday to expand its production capacity from 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year. The project will also increase production of dried distillers grains from the current 178,000 tons annually to 360,000 tons.

CHICAGO — Technology is making it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient-provider relationships. New tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care and maintaining their health, according to results of the 19th Annual Health Care’s Most Wired survey, released earlier this month by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum.

MONDAY, AUG. 21 Kenton Board of Education – 7 p.m., board of education office

The Southeast Hardin Ambulance District board meeting scheduled for Monday, Aug. 21 is being rescheduled to Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUG. 17 Ada Board of Education – 6 p.m., board of education office

THURSDAY, AUG. 17 Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District Board – 1 p.m., Hardin County Fairgrounds, Kenton.

TUESDAY, AUG. 15 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., council chambers

The August board meeting of the Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton. Future meetings will resume on the regular schedule of the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m. at the district office.

Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers Alger council – 6 p.m., village offices

A new business is expected to be constructed this fall just south of the municipal limits of Kenton. Steve McCullough of McCullough Properties met with the members of the Kenton Enterprise Zone Committee on Thursday morning to request a tax abatement for the 25,000-square-foot building he is planning to build on U.S. 68, directly west of Letson Street, in Buck Township.