The HHWP CAC Head Start program is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year.

Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers Riverdale Board of Education – 6 p.m., board meeting room in Central Office

Bond for former bailiff and probation officer Donald Castle was set at $200,000 Wednesday morning in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court. Castle, 47, is charged with seven counts of rape and two charges of gross sexual imposition in an indictment returned by a Hardin County grand jury last week.

A Kenton man is facing a total of 41 months in prison following his latest conviction on a drug charge, in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

The young people of Hardin County have a chance to not only earn some money this summer, but also learn how to apply for and keep a job. Terry Hites-Suter, director of eligibility at the Hardin County Job and Family Services, said she is taking application for this year’s Summer Youth Employment Program.

ADA — Ada businesses looking to serve alcohol outside in a café setting may soon be allowed to do so after acquiring a permit from the village. At a street committee meeting following the regular meeting Tuesday night, the Ada Village Council discussed a new proposed policy that would allow for the use of sidewalks by downtown businesses.

The Hardin County Community Foundation approved the awarding of 155 grants totaling $191,000 at its annual and quarterly meetings Tuesday night in Kenton.

In his annual report to the shareholders of the Hardin County Reclaiming Futures program, Judge Steven Christopher reported the past 12 months have been “trying, but rewarding.” He shared the concerns with financing and staffing cuts with the room filled with community leaders from business, churches and agencies.

When Karen LeVan and Michael Mayse entered the first day of the Hardin County Recovery Court 17 months ago, they attended because they felt they had to be there. On Monday the couple became the first graduates of the program and celebrated their sobriety with the other participants of the three-phase program, who welcomed them with a standing ovation.

In the past year since algae blooms in Lake Erie threatened the drinking water of the City of Toledo, much has been done at a state level to address the potential for that crisis being repeated or growing worse in the future.