Couple makes difference together The couple met when they were classmates at the former Salem School. Scrapbooks and photo albums litter the independent living apartment that the husband moved into several years ago, when his wife was diagnosed with dementia. Read More
Relay for Life of Wyandot County scheduled for next weekend For more than six months, 17 teams have been planning an annual event in Wyandot County. Although team members are various ages, both male and female and come from different backgrounds, what bonds this group together for the event is one thing — the desire to raise money for the fight against cancer. Read More
Gutted Two buildings that have housed attorneys offices and beautician shops have been gutted as part of the First National Bank of Sycamore’s renovation and expansion project. Read More
Hometown heroes Area youth take turns climbing out of a boat used by Wyandot County’s water rescue team during an event Thursday celebrating hometown heroes at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Read More
Upper girl, 8, raises funds for brain cancer research with a drink stand It was 8 a.m. Wednesday when Ellie Zeller woke up and decided she wanted to spend her day selling Kool-Aid to raise funds for brain cancer awareness. Two years ago, the third-grade Union Elementary School student lost her 28-year uncle, Jake Zeller, of Bellevue, to the disease. Read More
Health board retiree promotes workers as county’s greatest asset Shortly after Mary Beth Stinehelfer joined the Wyandot County Board of Health in 1990, she found her place among the public health officials working in the county. After retiring earlier this year, Stinehelfer has looked back on her time as a board member with great reverence. Read More
‘The Mill’ comes down in Sycamore SYCAMORE — An iconic building that has stood tall in the village of Sycamore for more than a century has been reduced to a pile of rubble. A crew has been demolishing the grain mill at the intersection of North Sycamore and West Saffel avenues, referred to by locals simply as “The Mill,” for about the past week, village officials reported during a regular meeting of Sycamore Council on Tuesday. Read More
Electric rides Charlotte Covert went round and round on a ride at the family fun day sponsored by North Central Electric Cooperative, based in Attica, before its annual meeting Tuesday at the Seneca County Fairgrounds in Tiffin. Read More
Superhero surprise Jack (left) and Reis Schalk prepare to high-five Batman, portrayed by Charles Slysz, on Monday morning at the Mohawk Community Library before checking out books. Read More
County veterans take to the skies for annual Flag City Honor Flight TOLEDO — The bus had no traffic to deal with early Thursday morning as Wyandot County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center marketing director Vicki Charlton drove to Sycamore, Bucyrus and Upper Sandusky to pick up five area veterans and their guardians for a special trip. Eddie Doss and his daughter Deb Kuhn, Bob Keller and his son Jay Keller, Flavel Heyman, Earl Kinley and his daughter Becky Howard and Wes Honsberger traveled to Findlay and meet with a much larger group for the Flag City Honor Flight. Read More