Mt. Vernon FFA Serves the Community

The Mount Vernon FFA Chapter conducted a day of service during the current holiday season.  Each class planned and implemented a service project that was close to their hearts.  One of the classes elected to help the fire department sort and bag toys that were donated as part of the Toys for Tots program.Read full story

Candles & Carols Event

Please join us this Friday evening, Dec. 20, from 5:30-7 p.m. for our Candles & Carols event. Free hot beverages and cookies in the Urton Clock House, carols with the Apple Valley Singers and Heritage Singers in the Community Foundation Pavilion, and more than 600 luminaries to walk through.… Read full story

Senate Set To Pass Spending Package with Priorities for Veterans and Servicemembers That Brown Secured

Senator Secured Provisions for Ohio Military Installations, Language to help Reduce Veteran Debt, Requirements for Trump Administration to Act on Agent Orange

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate is expected to pass a spending package that includes wins for Ohio’s servicemembers and veterans that Sen.… Read full story

InnovateOhio Issues Statewide Broadband Strategy

Plan supports applications for federal ReConnect funding by awarding additional points
More accurate coverage maps also rolled out in partnership with Connected Nation

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—InnovateOhio, under the direction of Lt. Governor Jon Husted, today released the Ohio Broadband Strategy. The document serves as a comprehensive plan for aggressively expanding and enhancing the state’s broadband network.… Read full story

USDA Farm Programs Help Farmers and Ranchers During 2019 Challenges

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2019 – USDA farm programs helped producers weather a tough 2019, marked with prevented planting, delayed harvests, and unjustified foreign retaliatory tariffs. USDA’s farm program agencies – the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Risk Management Agency (RMA), and Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center – worked to deliver programs to assist farmers and ranchers.… Read full story