ALGER — The streets in Alger will be a mess for a few months, but representatives of Columbia Gas assured residents the inconveniences will not last long and will be worth the wait. Emily Kizer, external affairs specialist for Columbia Gas of Ohio, vowed the streets and lawns throughout the village will be restored to their original condition once the company replaces the aging mains and service lines in the village.

DOLA — A Hardin Northern school-wide search for drugs was conducted Tuesday by K-9 units from three local departments. The goal of the joint effort between the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, Kenton Police Department and Ada Police Department was to identify any drugs or drug paraphernalia on school grounds, said Sheriff Keith Everhart.

Members of the Kenton-Hardin Health Department were called to a grizzly scene on Sunday. Arin Tracy, Emergency Response Coordinator and Shane Lotts, Director of Environmental Services, were contacted by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office to inspect a “pile of pigs” left along the side of County Road 74 in Cessna Township.

ADA — Ada High School senior Libbie Milks participated in the 129th Rose Parade on Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif., as a flutist in the Bands of America Honor Band, and she could not believe how great the band sounded together. That sound did not come by accident, of course, with the group of students from all across the country holding rehearsals together prior to the performances. For Milks, those rehearsals were the most memorable part of her trip to Southern California.

Kenton has put the brakes on plans for a four-way stop on a major city thoroughfare. City Council’s Safety Committee reported on Monday night that the city will not be creating a four-way stop at the intersection of North Detroit Street (U.S. 68) and North Street. The stop signs will remain in place on North Street.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — For parents in the Riverdale School District, filling out numerous hard copies of emergency medical forms may soon be a thing of the past. Assistant Principal Jeff Young announced to the school board at its regular meeting Monday night that the district is looking at putting all of its emergency medical forms online through a company called FinalForms.

Serving the public has been a lifelong endeavor for Hardin County Commissioner Brice Beaman, and it all began when he was a child sitting in church on Sundays. Back then, Beaman recalled, when the fire whistle would blow during church, the elders and those on the McGuffey Volunteer Fire Department would immediately respond.

The economic health of the county is good and on the threshold of setting records, according to Jon Cross, President and CEO of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance. Cross was one of the presenters at the Alliance’s Economic and Community Development Breakfast on Friday morning at Henry’s Restaurant in Kenton. Community and business leaders filled the banquet room to hear an update on local development and the programs being offered to businesses.

A barn built more than 100 years ago is getting a new lease on life. The Burnison family constructed what is now the farm museum of the Hardin County Historical Museums after the original structure was destroyed in a fire in 1914.

The people who came to the Jacob Parrott Safety Center in Kenton on Thursday night must have expected to be given statistics about sex trafficking and they weren’t disappointed. It is estimated 65 percent of men who participate in sex trafficking are in positions of authority or trust, said Deb Oestreich of the Crossroads Crisis Center, which sponsored the program along with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.