NEVADA — Nevada Mayor Harold Lambert and council have been emphasizing community events, holding a Christmas parade the last couple of winters. This weekend, the village is bringing back the Nevada Festival.

A man in the 200 block of East Wyandot Avenue reported he and the mother of his child were in an argument when he took her to the ground before releasing her early the morning of June 24. The woman declined to sign charges.

FOREST — The Ohio State University Extension Office in Hardin County recently announced the Hardin County Precision Ag Field Day for Aug. 23 at Kellogg Farms, 17392 TR 50, Forest. Bill and Shane Kellogg have committed 305 acres to the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network in cooperation with Ohio Farm Bureau and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In the past, aesthetic mowing of Conservation Reserve Program grass cover was a widely accepted practice by many participants. Today with more research and understanding, it has been shown that properly managed grass cover will reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and is more beneficial to wildlife than annually mowed grass covers.

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s farmers and rural communities will benefit from reforms to the state’s farmland tax policy, culminating a three-year effort led by Ohio Farm Bureau. The reforms were included in the new state budget signed by Gov. John Kasich.

CAREY — New reporters nearly outnumbered village officials at Carey Mayor Jennifer Rathburn’s planning committee meeting Monday. Rathburn, Council President Chase Fletcher and Village Administrator Roy Johnson discussed projects anticipated over the next few years in the village during the regular session.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Board of Education hired a new junior high and high school principal Monday evening. Mark Vehre was hired to replace Brett Graham, who returned to the classroom as a teacher in June.

NEVADA — Nevada Mayor Harold Lambert is looking into what can be done to prevent flooding like the village saw during Friday’s downpour, but finding a solution at an affordable cost will be a challenge, he said during Monday night’s council meeting.

Merle E. Hartman, North Baltimore, was picked up from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, Bowling Green, the morning of July 3 on a warrant out of Upper Sandusky Municipal Court for failure to appear on original charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.