To say Wyandot County Emergency Medical Service Coordinator Dale Risley is excited about his new EMS/EMA facility in Upper Sandusky would be an understatement.

The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School Board recognized and thanked a few contributors during Monday evening’s meeting. Tom Eyestone and representatives of the class of 1967 presented a $4,000 check toward the purchase of new cafeteria doors.

I support the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. The Board has provided levy funds that support our parenting program, The Incredible Years, and our youth mentoring program, The Way.

An officer was dispatched to the 200 block of Richardson Drive the evening of Sept. 14 in regards to two children walking around outside in diapers.

CAREY — Carey officials will conduct interviews for a new police captain who is likely to become the next village police chief. Delivering the administrative update in Roy Johnson’s absence (illness), Mayor Jennifer Rathburn announced during Monday’s regular council meeting that Chief Rich Kesler has opened the captain job up to current command officers.

Construction on an expansion of Kimmel Corp., one of Upper Sandusky’s longest-standing businesses, is underway.

Upper Sandusky City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance for supplemental appropriations during a regular meeting Monday evening after receiving an update from city auditor Mark Droll. If approved on its second reading during council’s next regular meeting Nov. 6, this year’s appropriations for capital outlay of the capital improvement fund will be increased from $980,228.09 to $1,562,228.09, whlie the water fund will will increase operation expenses from $641,800 to $695,800.

Earlier this month the Upper Sandusky FFA took 12th place as a team in the State Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) held at Hocking College in Nelsonville.

Carey Boys 4-H club member Trent Hucke won fourth place at the 94th American Rabbit Breeders Association Convention in Indianapolis with his award-winning junior tort buck. Hucke is a seventh-grade student at Our Lady of Consolation. Submitted photo

Daily Chief-Union sports editor Lonnie McMillan was named Special Olympics Ohio Media Person of the Year at the Fall Conference in Columbus on Friday night. Pictured are (from left) Josh Messersmith, Ben Fry, Lonnie McMillan, Shauna McMillan and Therese “Bucko” Barron.