Although Jim Ryhal grew up in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in Springfield with his wife, Sonya, about a year ago he published a book that tells the story of one of his great-grandfathers — a farmer turned soldier from Wyandot County.

The Indian Mill Museum stands above the Sandusky River in rural Upper Sandusky. It is pictured during its 1968 dedication as the nation’s first museum of milling.

As summer continues, cycling is an outdoor activity many people enjoy. But cycling has safety rules and ordinances in the city of Upper Sandusky, similar to those of a motor vehicle, designed to keep people safe.

The Journey of Understanding made its way around Wyandot County, ending with an emotional stop Tuesday at Old Mission Church as descendants of the Wyandotte Indians joined educators in learning about their ancestral lands. Members of the Wyandotte Native American Nation are coming together this week to tell their side of history.

After the Supreme Court’s historic ruling June 26, gay and lesbian couples were guaranteed the right to wed in states across the nation, and several Wyandot County couples have taken advantage of the new opportunity, according to local sources. Like Wyandot County Probate Court Judge and Clerk Kate Aubry, Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn considers officiating at marriages of all consenting adult couples as part of his duty after taking an oath of office to uphold all local, state and national laws.

Three residents of Shields Drive visited Upper Sandusky’s service committee meeting Monday evening to express concerns over severe flooding issues in their subdivision, and Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger shared an update on a project that will attempt to alleviate that problem for area residents, a business and at least one farmer. Tanya Grandillo, Anna Patchett and Rhonda Morrison said they experienced some flooding last year, but Grandillo described this year’s problem as “horrendous.”

Genealogy is time consuming depending on how far back someone goes with their family history, but it is inevitable to find some interesting facts along the way.

The family of a pair of brothers who drowned in a Father’s Day accident on a low-head dam near Upper Sandusky has created a petition in an attempt to change the laws in the state and nation and require signs above and below the dams that are known as “deadly,” “death traps” and “drowning machines.” Since 2013, accidents have claimed the lives of three men on two occasions at a low-head dam on the southeast side of Upper Sandusky.