The Kenton Elks Lodge honored Teenagers of the Month for March during a luncheon on Thursday at the lodge. Teens from all six Hardin County schools were recognized.

MOUNT VICTORY — A longer contract has been recommended for the farming of a section of Mount Victory farmland with above average yields. The village-owned land just north of Mount Victory, near the village’s lagoon, is currently contracted out on a two-year rotation, according to Mayor Mike Trout. The land has been determined to produce above average yields.

When a planned move to Columbus fell through nearly 16 years ago, Brian Sprang had no way of knowing the opportunities that would come his way in his hometown of Kenton. Today, Sprang is in his second year as chief information officer at Quest Federal Credit Union in Kenton and is the new board chairman of the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance.

A check from Hancock County put the United Way of Hardin County over its goal for 2015. At the United Way’s annual meeting this morning at St. John’s Evangelical Church, it was first reported that the organization fell just 2 percent short of its $215,000 goal.

Linda Wilkinson has experience as a store manager. She had served in that job at five Shell Stations in the area. She had also worked as a dietitian at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine.

Lonnie Rettig is working to bring boxing to Hardin County. But the Lima man wants the members of his club to know more than just how best to hit people, he said.

McGUFFEY — Area educators and business leaders met Tuesday morning at Upper Scioto Valley Schools to discuss how best to establish a program which will ready high school students to enter the manufacturing world. Administrators from USV, Indian Lake and Fairlawn were joined by representatives from Honda Transmissions, Rhodes State College and the Midwest Regional Educational Service Center to brainstorm ideas for the program.

Hardin County’s unemployment rate climbed to 5.2 percent in January, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In December, the county’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent.

RIDGEWAY — The village of Ridgeway will join forces with Bokescreek Township in Logan County to secure funding for a new fire truck for the Ridgeway Fire Department. Chief Jim Newland updated council on the plans at its monthly meeting Tuesday evening.

History has repeated itself for Gerald Potter. The former two-term Hardin County Commissioner said when he was first elected, he replaced Ed Elliott in January of 2001. Elliott at that time chose to run for state representative.