Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn (right) swears in new police chief Daniel Ross as city council members look on Wednesday night. Ross, a 22-year veteran of the department, replaces David Olds, who retired April 28 after eight years on the job to take a law enforcement teaching position. Daily Chief-Union/Chanda Neely
FOREST — When one salon closes, another opens. Jessica Ropp’s Shear Edge Salon LLC in Forest has been up and running for nearly a month at the location of the former DeGoode Salon, 124 E. Lima St.
The Wyandot County Courthouse dome was illuminated in red, white and blue lights Tuesday night in honor of Independence Day.
FOREST — When the Tree Town Festival steps off the largest parade in the county on July 7, it will be led by a couple known and endeared throughout the village of Forest. Bob and Sharon Beitler have been named this year’s grand marshals of the annual summer event.
A house on TH 103 was a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon, according to a Wyandot County Sheriff’s report. Jenny M. Bosch was not home when her residence was found engulfed in flames.
Upper Sandusky residents celebrate Fourth of July over the weekend by attending the fireworks display and the music festival Wyanstock.
A crash on U.S. 23 north of Upper Sandusky involving a semi-truck led to the death of a Findlay woman at approximately 10:30 Saturday night. Darlene A. Kujawa, 67, was transported by medical helicopter to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, where she succumbed to injuries suffered in the crash, according to a report by the Bucyrus Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The Upper Sandusky youth soccer team The Divas was among multiple youth teams recognized during Columbus Crew SC’s “Night of Champions.” The Divas won the chance to attend the event by winning a tournament in Bluffton.
The musical “Annie” takes audiences back to the 1930s and the height of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency, but for some theater patrons, the show brings back memories of the 1980s.
The Duck Pond Park duck (left) swims with three wild ducks that recently appeared at the pond at the intersection of East Wyandot Avenue and Duck Pond Road this morning. Local residents previously were concerned about the lone white duck, but city officials said they will rely on visiting wild ducks to build the population of the park. Daily Chief-Union/James …