The nonprofit Keep Hardin County Beautiful has established a new Facebook page HERE.
The organization announced, "As some of you are aware, the Keep Hardin County Beautiful Facebook page has been out of commission since October. We are working diligently to get it back in service. This new page was created to keep our Hardin County followers informed and updated on all our beautification efforts. Please like and follow our new Events page."
Our mission is to beautify, educate, recycle and preserve Hardin County's environmental legacy.
UPDATE WTOL-11 reports that the Putnam county tornado near Dupont on Wednesday, April 2 had a rating of EF-2! Peak winds to 120 mph and a max width of 375 yards.
From Putnam County EMA, approximately 3:00 a.m. on April 3
Putnam County EMA, Putnam County Fire Departments, Putnam County Police Departments, and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office handled multiple calls for service related to the tornado warning issued late evening on 4-2-25.
At 920 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wapakoneta, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Roundhead, Fryburg, Jumbo, New Hampshire, Uniopolis, Buckland, Waynesfield, Wapakoneta, Cridersville, St. Johns, State Route 195 at State Route 235, and Fort Shawnee. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
In the Village of Harrod, Main St. between 4th and 5th Streets will be closed for bridge replacement starting Monday, April 14 for 8 weeks.
There will be no access during this closure.
For more information, contact Allen County Engineer, Brion E. Rhodes at 419-228-3196.
Editor's note: For future reference, this notice is also posted on AdaIcon.com/classifieds.
The Allen County Engineer's Office is responsible for the maintenance of Allen County's local highway system, which includes 352 miles of county roads and 550 miles of township roads.
Also maintained are 378 bridges and over 1,400 culverts of various sizes.
