Business

With winter wheat harvest set to begin in the next couple of weeks in Hardin County, producers need to keep a few things in mind when storing the harvested crop.

Unless producers take their wheat crop directly to market, the work is not finished when harvest is complete. Stored wheat needs proper care to maintain quality.

Sanitation, aeration and monitoring are crucial points to remember when storing your grain during the summer months.

Heath Seymour said the desire exists for a mixed-use facility in downtown Elizabethtown, providing restaurants and shopping residents who live in the area could walk to.

City and Heritage Council officials gleaned the information during an informal poll at a quarterly downtown design meeting, in which participants were asked what they would like to see the former Herb Jones Chevrolet property developed into.

An Elizabethtown manufacturer has been honored for its dedication to safety.

AGC Automotive Americas was recognized Friday by Kentucky’s secretary of labor for going more than a year and a half, about 1.5 million work hours without any of the more than 600 employees at the plant suffering an injury that would cause missed work.

That distinction was made possible because of the commitment of management and employees to make sure the work environment is as safe as possible, plant manager Scott Guenther said.

Fort Knox Federal Credit Union initated special loan and withdrawal options to assist members affected by recently announced federal government spending cuts that likely will result in furloughs for some government workers.

Employees could be furloughed for up to 176 “non-contiguous hours” between April and the end of the fiscal year in September, which is as much as 22 eight-hour work days.