When two members of the Tender Loving Care Mother’s Club each lost a son in 1998, their fellow members planted trees at Kenton High School in their memory the following year.

ADA — Lorna Spar spent her previous summer breaks from Cleveland State University working in food service at Cedar Point in Sandusky. This year, she wanted to be a little closer to home.

Kenton’s newest restaurant offers its customers quality, healthy meals at a price affordable to everyone. Most of the food is produced locally and patrons pay what they can afford.

MOUNT VICTORY — The students at Ridgemont Elementary are learning about the benefits of composting, but the program is also reducing the amount of waste the district is sending to the landfill.

A field covered in mustard plants was a colorful subject for a spring photo. Warm temperatures and dry conditions have allowed farmers to plant their crops in recent days. In fact, this field located north of Mount Victory was plowed under shortly after the picture was taken.

Nathan Ruhlen’s kindergarten class at Hardin Northern raised the most money in a fundraiser for the Kroger Crusaders Relay for Life team. The school’s elementary students were tasked with helping raise funds for the team, and the $62.66 raised by Ruhlen’s class was the most, earning each of the students a certificate for a free medium ice cream cone at …

The perfect weather brought crowds out throughout the county for the holiday. Photos from activities in Kenton, Mount Victory, Alger and Dunkirk.