DOLA — Two teachers will be retiring from the Hardin Northern School District this year, but both plan to return in some capacity to the school next year. Jeanette Karcher expects to see the Polar Bear students as a substitute teacher. Michael Dennis is returning to teach full-time.

After a year’s absence, the Buggy Ride bicycle tour is returning to Hardin County on Saturday, June 13. The Hardin County Family YMCA and the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition have taken over sponsorship of the tour.

ALGER — For many years, the residents of Alger have paid a flat rate for water services no matter how much they used. This year a grant paid for each home and business in the community to have metered service and the changes could be costly, warned members of the Alger Board of Public Affairs at their meeting Monday.

ALGER — The Alger council on Monday night discussed a proposal which would clear the alleys in the town and creat what some members predicted would be “hell.”

DUNKIRK — The Dunkirk Village Council discussed the cost of use of the village ball parks for Hardin Northern School at its regular meeting Monday.

After nearly three decades of practicing law, Steve Christopher achieved his career goal of becoming a judge when he donned the black robe in 2013, presiding over Hardin County’s juvenile and probate courts.

With the last days of school ticking away, two Kenton students are preparing to return to their homes in Europe. Konstantin Hoelzl will be going back to Austria and Andrea Ceschin will be heading for his home in Italy.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — When they were growing up, Riverdale teachers Bev Huffman and Beth Wetherill each pictured themselves in careers other than teaching. But instead of becoming a scientist and an author, they taught others to share their love of those subjects.

A Safety Committee recommendation to bring back a downtown traffic signal ran into a red light from a shorthanded Kenton City Council on Tuesday night. Councilwoman Patti Risner, who chairs the safety panel, said her committee wants to restore the signal at the corner of South Main and Ohio streets, a block off the downtown square.

Kenton City Council accepted a proposal Tuesday night that will keep the Hardin County commissioners partially responsible for repairs to the Leighton Street bridge. The plan, approved on a 4-0 vote with three members absent, means Kenton would maintain ownership of the Leighton Street bridge...