The USDA recently designated Crawford, Marion and Seneca counties as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by drought that occurred from June 1 through Oct. 4. Farmers in Delaware, Hancock, Hardin, Huron, Morrow, Richland, Sandusky, Union, Wood and Wyandot counties also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.

KENTON — The Hardin County OSU Extension office is having a workshop titled Making Hay: From Seeding to Harvesting on April 3 from 6:30-9 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about the hay-making process. The extension office’s location is 1021 W Lima Street, Suite 103 in Kenton.

BUCYRUS — Crawford County Soil and Water Conservation District is making landowner records prior to 1990 available to local landowners. The Crawford SWCD is offering landowners the opportunity to pick up old tile plans and other conservation records created prior to 1990.

March Madness is in full swing and the greatest matchups in Wyandot County hoops history are set. Not South Carolina versus Gonzaga, or North Carolina versus Oregon.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to move forward with a ditch project along Ohio 53 east of Kirby. The Riedlinger ditch project includes 564 acres of land and drains in Oak Run.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Board of Education will be considering a new policy for the administering of epinephrine auto-injectors – or EpiPens – to students in an emergency. At Monday’s regular meeting, Superintendent Eric Hoffman updated the board on a new policy regarding EpiPens that was being added to the list of policies to be reviewed by the board.

The program of Recognizing Enriching All Children, commonly known as REACH, had its first session Saturday with approximately 270 children registered to attend the program’s fifth year. REACH is a program that takes place over three consecutive weekends and allows children in kindergarten through fifth grades an opportunity to take two classes each week to explore possible interests.

FOREST — The Hueston Cemetery, just west of Forest, is a quiet, attractive final resting place for many. But in recent years, the rules and regulations adopted by the Jackson Township trustees many decades ago are being ignored, resulting in safety concerns and a financial hardship to the community, said Sexton Jerry Moore.

Doug Walton (left), of Walton Realty and Auction, receives bids on a door at the 25th annual Angeline auction Saturday. Angeline Superintendent Todd Dilley announced that the auction would be the final one, and a replacement fundraiser for the school has not been determined yet.

A woman in the 400 block of North Third Street reported she was being harassed by her ex-boyfriend the afternoon of March 9. She was told to contact the department if the issue continued or if he came to the residence.