Tim Striker (left) is given the oath of office as a county commissioner by Hardin County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Barrett in the courtroom on Tuesday. Republican Striker was elected commissioner last month when he defeated Democrat challenger Ron Eastman.

United Way of Hardin County members Matt Manns and Madelyn Lowery update the thermometer showing the annual campaign at $117,308.17 or 59 percent of its $220,000 goal.

A Hardin County case of a rare communicable disease caught the attention of state and federal health officials. Both the Centers of Disease Control and the Ohio Department of Health were involved in the investigation of a county woman who contracted Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.

ADA — The Village of Ada is in the process of moving forward with a franchise agreement with Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative. The ordinance, which was given its first reading at Tuesday’s council meeting, grants Mid-Ohio the right to acquire, construct, maintain and operate in the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges and public places of the village lines for the distribution of electric power and energy to parts of the village in compliance with the certified territories for electric suppliers act.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19 Hardin Northern Board of Education – 7 p.m., computer lab

Officers were dispatched to Kroger in reference to two males walking out with six cases of Bud Light. The incident is under investigation. A female who was previously banned from Walmart was caught entering the store on video surveillance.

A display at the Lake of Lights encourages a white Christmas, but the forecast doesn't look promising at this point. The Lake of Lights is open each evening through Dec. 26 at Saulisberry Park in Kenton.

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley School District will have a new leader when school starts next August. The board of education took steps Monday to discontinue its contract with Super-intendent Mike Kis, who was selected for the job after the resignation of Dennis Recker on Feb. 1, 2017.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale School District’s Falcon Weekend Pack Program is seeking ways to become a food pantry through the West Ohio Food Bank. The Falcon Weekend Pack Program’s mission is to provide two breakfasts, two lunches, one dinner and two snacks to each Riverdale family in need on a bi-monthly basis.

Kenton City Council’s Finance Committee made no changes to the proposed $10.5 million city spending plan for 2019 during its monthly meeting Monday night. The budget will be up for its third and final reading at council’s next meeting on Thursday, Dec. 27.