HARDIN COUNTY __ With the help of fifteen volunteer rainfall reporters, Ohio State University Extension in Hardin County has collected unofficial township rainfall data for the past thirty-two consecutive years. The 2024 growing season was challenging with the extended drought which led to crops maturing much earlier than normal this year.
Ada store and employees to join “Our Family” business
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Community Markets of Ada, as part of the 49-store Fresh Encounter Inc. chain, is being acquired by the “food solutions” company SpartanNash, according to an October 14 announcement.
Based near Grand Rapids, Mich., SpartanNash is a publicly traded company that includes food wholesale and grocery retail segments. It currently operates 147 grocery stores as well as a number of pharmacies and fuel centers. Our Family is the SpartanNash flagship brand; other items are distributed via the OwnBrands suite of products.
The following 6 land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in September 2024 as reported on the website of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.
This summer [2025], students from the Ohio Northern University Dicke College of Business Administration are eager to gain real-world experience through local internships! Many would like to stay in the Ada/ Hardin County area this summer.
The Hardin County Common Pleas Court filed a September 12 decision regarding cross motions for summary judgment in the Scott Gerber case No. 2023 1107 CVH vs. Ohio Northern University, et al. Hardin County Common Pleas Court Judge Jonathan P. Hein has decided that a jury must decide on the case.
Gerber, who was a tenured professor at the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, was removed from a classroom at the end of Spring semester 2023 and his employment was terminated. In subsequent legal proceedings, Gerber has asserted that he was fired for his reporting of alleged illegal hiring procedures involving diversity, equity and inclusion guidelines. The University has asserted that Gerber was fired for behavior problems that negatively impacted faculty and staff members.
Above L-R) Mark Reed of GROB Systems Inc., Apollo Superintendent Keith Horner, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Ada School Superintendent Julie Simmons, Ada HS Principal Dan Lee.
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On Wednesday, September 25, Lt. Governor Husted presented Apollo Career Center with $1.1M in Career Technical Education funds through a grant collaboratively written with Ada Exempted Village Schools and Allen East Schools.
