City of Mount Vernon OH

Scott Savage, owner of Savage Pools and Patios, one of the Division sponsors for this year’s Mount Vernon Junior Golf League, played golf for Mount Vernon High School and donated a check for $300, to the group, as the young golfers and the league’s coaches got together before play started, for a photo opp.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

The developer of the Old Mulberry School spoke to the Mount Vernon City Council and was told he’d get a better reception on his requests for historic consideration if he had come to them on his own.

Twenty-one members of Morgan Grange met for their monthly meeting on Friday, July 8, with Master Will Smith presiding. Roll call was taken and minutes were read and approved.

Robert Harold Bloomquist, 75, of Delaware, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2022, with his wife and two daughters by his side.

Glendene V. Hoffman, 106, a life-long resident of Mount Vernon, passed away Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Country Court.

Bee Line Service, a family-owned auto repair shop on Norton Street in Mount Vernon, was in business for 62 years before closing this year.

Agricultural producers in Ohio who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after planting should make an appointment with their U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) service center before the applicable deadline.

James E. Sr. and Jeanne Witt celebrated their 60th anniversary at Ariel Foundation Park on Saturday July 9, 2022.

United Producers, Inc. market report, week of 7/8/22

Roger L. Brown, 50, of Mount Vernon, Ohio passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.

Diana Lee Bowles, 71, of Mount Vernon passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Ohio Health Mansfield.

OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.

Mount Vernon city councilman Mike Hillier is a registered Republican, but party affiliation is not the main motivating force behind his decisions on Council, he told the Mount Vernon News. "Anybody who knows me, knows that I represent the people far before the party" he said.

Mount Vernon and other Knox County residents are getting their chance to voice their opinions on how to fix the Knox Cattle Company Dam, Mayor Matt Starr told the Mount Vernon News.

Shirley Kaye Boyce, 75, of Mansfield, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022, at OhioHealth Riverside Hospital in Columbus.

Lori Anne Harris, 59, passed away on June 13, 2022, at Merit House in Toledo, Ohio.

Auction Date 7/2/22

Mount Vernon Police blotter June 1 - 12

The Ohio Development Services Agency and Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission will help income-eligible Ohioans stay cool during the hot summer months. The Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program provides eligible Ohioans assistance paying an electric bill. The program runs from July 1st until September 30th. To apply for the program, clients are required to complete an intake process with Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission.