The Hardin County Pioneers swim team won eight gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals on Sunday at the Ottawa Swim Meet. Members of the Pioneer swim team include (front row, from left) Brie Truman, Bella Dray, Josh Gammon and Aaron Spar;

Members of the Pioneer Aktion Club participated in the Halloween Party in Marion on Saturday and came home with the first place honors. The event was for Kiwanis and Aktion Club members.

A crew from Shelly Company is widening Letson Avenue at its intersection with U.S. 68 on Tuesday morning. Kenton Safety Service Director Jim Hites announced that paving was to begin there today.

DOLA — Hardin Northern distributed pins to the students that had a 3.0 to 3.499 GPA for all of last year and pins and academic letters to the students with 3.5 to 4.0 GPA for all of last year at an awards assembly on Monday. Last year's seventh-graders (current eighth-graders) recognized for having a 3.5 or better were: Lance Good, Madison Grappy, Renee Newton, Brianne Rickle, Owen Wetherill, and Lucas Wilson.

FINDLAY — Losing in the district finals never leaves a good taste in one’s mouth, but dropping a match to the same team three times in four years in a row by one goal is an even a more bitter pill to swallow.

KETTERING — Not much went well for Ben Logan on Saturday night in a Division II volleyball district final. Wyoming swept the Raiders out of the postseason 25-12, 25-17, 25-12. But the disappointing end didn’t detract from Ben Logan’s season.

TIFFIN — The Riverdale girls were 21st out of 22 schools in the team’s first regional cross country appearance in Tiffin on Saturday.

For Bob Halsey, his clown persona “Tater” is all about making people laugh, which is what makes everything for him worthwhile. “I just love to perform and I love to make people happy,” said Halsey, of Kenton.

Kenton Elementary students take off on a half-mile fun run as part of the Pumpkin Run sponsored by the school’s PTO on Saturday morning. The fun run was followed by a 5K run for older students and adults.