Discussions to redo Kenton’s downtown and get trucks through it without turning are moving forward. Kenton City Council President Joel Althauser reported on the “interrelated” projects at Monday’s council session. Both were discussed at a recent Kenton Downtown Revitalization Committee meeting.

It was a rough summer for the Kenton swimming pool. Recreation Director Emma Bushong, in her year-end report, noted how the opening of the pool was delayed due to leaks. Then there was a rainy June that continued into the first week of July.

A group of Hardin County leaders stand behind State Rep. Robert Cole Sprague in support of his opposition to the marijuana legalization issue on the November general election ballot.

UPPER SANDUSKY — A Forest man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court for attempted felonious assault after an Aug. 17, 2014 fight outside a bar in Kirby.

A Kenton man was found guilty of drug-related charges and sent to prison in a recent case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Brad Franklin Jacques, 616 Robinson Ave., Kenton, was sentenced to seven months in prison after he was found guilty of possession of heroin.

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, the Partnership for Violence Free Families is announcing two new programs for residents of Hardin County. Shelter from the Storm is a community group for those affected by depression and bipolar disorders, said Michelle Breitigan, of PVFF.

DOLA — The Hardin Northern community is coming together to help one of their own following a fire last weekend. HN Superintendent Jeff Price announced Thursday the school will be taking monetary donations for the family of Dave and Sherry Wilmoth, whose rural Dola home was destroyed by fire on Sunday.

MOUNT VICTORY — Community Building renovations in Mount Victory have come in under budget, enabling the village council to plan additional improvements to the facility. Mayor Mike Trout announced his three-step path forward for the building at Thursday’s council meeting.