With a $100,000 winning bid, the City of Upper Sandusky bid adieu to Water Works Park Thursday evening following a public auction. Interested buyers and online bidders joined Upper Sandusky city employees and elected officials at Water Works Park for the live auction.

When 2007 Mohawk graduate and Tiffin police officer Justin Nowak was the first on scene at a house fire in the early morning of June 17, he didn’t hesitate to put his life on the line to save another. According to Nowak he was at the station around 2:30 a.m. when a call came out about a house fire at a residence in the 200 block of Wentz Street in Tiffin. The caller said she couldn’t get out of the house, but as she was communicating with dispatch, the connection was lost, because of fast growing fire.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced the following is highway construction scheduled to occur within Wyandot County. Work is dependent upon weather conditions. U.S. 23 between CH 97 and the U.S. 30 interchange, north of Upper Sandusky, will be restricted to one lane in each direction through the work zone for pavement resurfacing. Variable speed limit signs will be in place to display the legal, posted speed limit through the work zone.

It was a sea of red and green as the Wyandot County Council on Aging celebrated Christmas in July Thursday afternoon with a special Christmas-themed lunch in Upper Sandusky. Attendees enjoyed turkey cranberry sliders and frozen hot chocolate as well as unique shortbread Christmas cookies from Neumeisters, which were decorated by Mandy Baldwin and Amy Gardner to look like Santa buried in sand at the beach.

An officer assisted the Upper Sandusky Fire Department with a fire alarm at Fairhaven Community the early morning of July 25 until he was no longer needed. The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office reported a private property accident at Speedway West the early morning of July 25. A semi trailer struck a parking pole. Digital photos were taken of the damage and placed on an incident drive.

‘Mary Poppins’ opens Friday at the Star Theatre in Upper Sandusky. For tickets, call 419-294-1411. Pictured (front, from left) are cast members Liam North, Jessa Johnson, Susanna Turner, Lucy Turner, Ellyn North, Madeline Tucker, Hope Korte, Landon Parsell, Jackson Moore;

MARYSVILLE — For those over the age of 40, there is a good chance the soundtrack of their youth includes a heavy dose of 38 Special. And that soundtrack staple is set to perform at this year’s All-Ohio Balloon Fest, Thursday, Aug. 8.

Wednesdays and Saturdays May through October bring a fresh twist to Wyandot County at the Wyandot County farmers market held at Harrison Smith Park in Upper Sandusky. Market Master Becky Krock, said the farmers market first started Aug. 8, 1992, and until the 2012 season was held at the Wyandot County Fair Grounds.

Three men were arrested in a residential drug bust Tuesday afternoon in rural Upper Sandusky. A press release from the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office states a residential search warrant was executed at 2:36 p.m. Tuesday after a four-week investigation into drug trafficking by the sheriff’s office and the METRICH Enforcement Unit.

The American Red Cross was at Elks Lodge No. 83 Wednesday collecting blood donations. There is currently a blood emergency and the Red Cross was hoping to collect 63 pints Wednesday at the Elks, which organizers said was likely met.