COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday approved the installation of mast-mounted flashing lights and roadway gates at rail crossings in Wyandot and Seneca counties, including at the location of an April 2014 crash that injured a Cloverdale man.
A manufacturing facility that currently sits vacant in the city of Upper Sandusky is on the market for interested buyers. The commercial property located at 112 River St. has been empty since fall of last year, said Jan Miller, a representative of Bradley Corp. who led a tour and answered questions at a public open house earlier this month.
All things local will be the focal point of the second annual Wyanstock music festival Saturday at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Local live music will be performed from 1 p.m. to midnight, with six bands set to take the main stage and side acts including Chelsea Frey, Outland & Kessler, Christian Cole, Grape Jam and more.
The bridge at the historic Indian Mill has been reopened to traffic. After several delays in the project, the bridge and nearby park area at the Sandusky River are accessible again.
WHARTON — The sound of various beeps and people talking on a radio could be heard Saturday and Sunday at the Wharton Community Park as the Wyandot County Ham Operators Organization participated in an emergency simulation.
Marie Parsell, 2, of Wharton, plays with sparklers before fireworks light up the skies around the village of Sycamore on Sunday during the annual fireworks display sponsored by the Sycamore Volunteer Fire Department.
MARION — A set of quadruplets featured in The Daily Chief-Union at birth and a milestone have graduated from high school with plans to go their separate ways but bonds that hold them together.
FOREST — Tim Striff has grown quite attached to something over the past nine months. Yet he hopes to give it up at a moment’s notice sometime over the next 30 days, but not before extolling its benefits. Most importantly, how it has kept him alive.
Jean Weaver of Upper Sandusky calls her artwork “quilts with meaning.” The featured artist at the annual showcase of a local art studio, art quilter Weaver shared her unique designs along with more than 30 other students of art instructor Bonnie Wolfe earlier this month.
More than 20 youth attended the three-day Wyandot County Museum summer camp this week to learn about archaeology and the history of the area.