Upper Sandusky firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the corner area of North Seventh and West Church streets after a crew working on an ongoing storm sewer separation project hit a residential gas line Tuesday morning.

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.

Area residents release balloons in memories of their angel babies Saturday at Harrison Smith Park.

An Upper Sandusky man was transported to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, after crashing a vehicle into a house on West Church Street on Sunday evening, according to a report from the Upper Sandusky Police Department.

Patrons of the Wyandot County Historical Society’s annual ice cream social received free admission to the Wyandot County museum and schoolhouse Saturday. An exhibit at the museum for a limited time was featured, and will continue throughout July.

Many area residents enjoyed the many various activities, games, and fireworks at the Tree Town Festival held over the weekend.

Severe thunderstorms caused flooding in areas of Wyandot County on Friday, but there were few weather-related calls for service from local law enforcement. Precipitation observation statistics from the National Weather Service indicate the county received about 1.24 inches of rainfall Friday.

No one was injured when lightning struck near Essex Place senior apartment building in Upper Sandusky on Friday morning. Something set off alarms on the top floor of the three-story building and shut down the elevator some time after 7 o’clock this morning, said Mike King, president of the senior association.