ALGER — With open fires common and people living in campers within the village, one council member asked Monday evening if Alger had become a campground. Councilman Don Hensley named several homes in the village which have campers in their yards and apparently people living inside, he said.

Monthly recycling services hosted by Blanchard Township/Dunkirk and Mount Victory/Hale Township are planned Tuesday, July 12. The Blanchard Township/Dunkirk recycling will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Dunkirk in the parking lot of the former Price Funeral Home.

MONDAY, JULY 11 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers

A report was received of a theft at Walmart. It was learned that the suspect, Jessica Ann Nelson, 221 1/2 N. Detroit St., had rung up a customer for merchandise. The customer handed Nelson $80 in cash, and she then separated the cash and placed $40 in the cash drawer while placing the other $40 in the cabinet.

At times, Kenton firefighters must feel their job is for the ducks. At least on Saturday it was as firefighters saved a family of ducklings that were trapped in a storm drain in front for the Fillin’ Station.

The Hardin County Agricultural Society approved a contractor to build a new show building which members hope will be available for this year’s fair. Members met Saturday at the Hardin County Fairgrounds with fifteen directors and 14 guests present.

Brandon Scott Peeler, unknown address – speeding 64 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $15. Miryah Jacqueli L. harbor, 417 1/2 N. Market St., Kenton – speeding 66 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $25.

A call was made to the Hardin County Extension office about a noxious weed that is growing in the county that people need to know about. The weed, poison hemlock, looks similar to Wild Carrot or Wild Parsnip.

COLUMBUS — Brian Edler has come a long way since beginning his career as a delivery driver. The owner of 15 Domino’s stores in Ohio, including the store in Kenton, was awarded the International Franchise Association Gold Franny Award for operational excellence.