4-H members take home awards The Wyandot County 4-H program recently recognized first- through third-place winners and Ohio State Fair qualifiers from its summer project judging. Qualifiers for the Ohio State Fair included Maggie Wisda, Nevin Boes, Emily Goldfuss, Leah Herring, Kathryn Polachek Sneider, Patyn Ogg, Mason Tyree, Roddy Traxler, Kallan Stiles, Lena Stiles, Gabbi Gobbs, Madison Kloepfer, Allison Keller, Anthony Zender, Summer Boullion, Zachary Koehler, Sara Scott, Katie Homburg and Colton Breidenbach. Read More
Picture show About 40 people see a bird’s eye view of pre-1906 McCutchenville during a picture show featuring Sycamore and the surrounding communities sponsored by the Mohawk Historical Society on Thursday night at the historic Plank Road Tavern in McCutchenville. Read More
Men cross US for childhood cancer The big gold bus stopped Tuesday night for a break after an exhausting day of travel from Marion, where it had stayed in the Once Upon a Child parking lot the night before. Everett Smith and John McKay each had ran about 13 miles earlier in the day. One ran down Old Lincoln Highway, while the other one drove ahead and waited for him. Read More
Upper Sandusky water rescue team gets sonar capabilities The Upper Sandusky Water Rescue Team has been spending time at the Upper Sandusky reservoir practicing with newly purchased equipment that will help cut down recovery times for rescues. Read More
Wyandot County native opens 1st business A Wyandot County native has started her first business as an independent agent selling insurance and specializing in agricultural needs. Kayla Weaver, a 2006 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from Ohio State University. Read More
Harpster Little Free Library opens HARPSTER — It is not often that an 11-year-old sixth grader can claim to be a co-founder and steward of something, but young Alex Rose can. He is the co-founder of Harpster’s new Little Free Library. Read More
Road closed East Wyandot Avenue between Wilson’s Grocery and Pilot Travel Center was closed for several hours Monday for grinding of a rough portion of road at the intersection of Malabar Drive. Upper Sandusky streets supervisor Allen Boes said the road will be closed again Wednesday morning, weather permitting, for paving. Read More
Festivals, fundraisers dominate weekend in Wyandot County Local residents had plenty to do over the weekend, including the Pantry Palooza, Koda Bear Festival and an Ice Cream Social at the Wyandot County Museum. Read More
Big crowd for church A crowd estimated by organizers at more than 1,200 people attended church services Sunday in Gormley Park to hear John Godwin of the A&E TV series “Duck Dynasty” speak on his experiences on the show and his Christian faith. Read More
Changes coming to administration at USEVSD after two big retirements The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District’s top administrator and the secretary to his office both retire this summer, ending an era and starting anew for the 2015-16 academic year. Read More