Many Elida residents voiced strong concerns about the financial future of Elida Local Schools at Tuesday night's special board of education meeting. Currently, the Elida School Board is weighing the idea of putting out a $2.7 million renewal levy as the current levy expires at the end of 2025. In the unofficial 5-year forecast presented by Elida Treasurer Larry Kaiser, the district's expenses are forecasted to outpace revenues by an increasingly growing margin. On Tuesday evening, many Elida residents publicly addressed the board with their concerns if a renewal levy is not pursued.

Buying your own home is the American dream, and the City of Lima is working to make that dream come true for residents. The city is hosting a couple of upcoming workshops. One with NACA, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, and another with the city regarding their first home loan down payment assistance program. City officials say it's important that people understand what assistance is available to them.

It was a busy day for Lima Senior High School seniors as they got a taste of life after high school. Students were given a career, a salary, a spouse, and some even got children. Then they had to live. They had to budget for housing, utilities, child care, transportation, and more. The program "Real Money—Real World" is put on by Superior Credit Union and the Ohio State University Extension to provide an interactive way of showing how budget and lifestyle choices can affect your bottom line.

Two Allen County organizations talked Monday about their partnership. The CEOs of the Allen Economic Development Group and the Greater Lima Region spoke to the Lima Rotary Club about what responsibilities each organization has and how they work together. They also talk about working with local governments and the Allen County Port Authority to bring in new companies and help existing companies in the area, which is a multi-step process.

Shawnee 8th graders got a sneak peek into the grown-up life with a program called "Real Money. Real World." Superior Credit Union and the Ohio State Extension office of Allen County partnered up to give kids a realistic financial simulation. Each student was assigned a job, a family, and an income as they navigated stations representing real-life life experiences like childcare, housing, transportation, and insurance.

Superior Credit Union and the Ohio State University Extension Office invited students from all the Putnam County schools to learn about financial education. The students were assigned a job and a salary, and they had to figure out how to spend that money wisely while paying for cars, homes, and children. Plus, they also learned some tricks to reduce expenses, like being active to reduce health care costs.

Martin has been serving as chief of the Lima Police Department for the last 11 years and attended his final meeting after being a staple at them during his tenure and council members thanked him for his service to the city and he thanked them for the support.

Allen County Commissioners and local police agencies gathered in order to discuss details and finances on the central dispatch project. The project would house all Allen County city and township fire and police departments, in order to create a faster process between when someone calls 911 to when a unit is dispatched to their location.

Students at Donnell Middle School in Findlay got a little taste of the adult life thanks to a new statewide initiative called Real Money Real World. Treasurer Robert Sprague partnered with Ohio State to get the program widespread in schools across Ohio. How the program works is that each student was randomly assigned a fake life. It included what they did for a living, how many kids they had, and what their monthly income was. From there, they had to make financial decisions that included paying for insurance, transportation, groceries, and other bills that the typical adult would have to pay.

Multiple area high schools were able to learn important lessons about managing finances on Tuesday.  Superior Credit Union held a "Financial Education Day" at the UNOH Event Center.