A caller requested a welfare check for an individual in the 15000 block of TH 97, Mifflin Township, early the morning of March 21. A business owner in the 10000 block of TH 122, Upper Sandusky, reported the morning of March 21 that an employee had stolen propane from one of the business’ tanks.

Upper Sandusky Police Chief David “Dunkin’ Donuts” Olds drained three shots in a row with five seconds on the clock to beat Wyandot County Prosecutor Doug “Hillbilly with a Law Degree” Rowland, and Upper Sandusky High School girls basketball coach “Jolly” Brent Fahle edged out Mohawk boys hoops coach Paul “Prodigal Son” Dunn in a 19-17 shootout in the DC-U Madness hoop shoot tournament Tuesday. Olds, representing the Law Enforcement Region, and Coach’s Region winner Fahle will go head-to-head in Monday’s Final Four of The Daily Chief-Union’s bracket-style arcade basketball shooting contest and canned food drive to benefit Wyandot County food pantries.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore Village Council on Monday voted to spend $78,900 to replace outdated protective gear for firefighters. “These are the ladies and gentlemen who go to our homes to put out fires and their gear is outdated,” Sycamore Council President Tony Flood said. “We are putting our firefighters in harms way by not having the proper gear and it’s good news that we have the money to do it.”

NEVADA — Bruce Samples, the owner of Nevada Country Market, is retiring after 48 years in the meat industry. The market is closing Friday. “The place is still for sale,” Samples said. Samples has owned the market on Nevada’s Main Street for the last eight years.

Demolition Fight Team recently took first place in the Cory Washburn Memorial wrestling tournament at Upper Sandusky Middle School. Upper Sandusky placed second, and Carey was third. Submitted photo

The USDA recently designated Crawford, Marion and Seneca counties as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by drought that occurred from June 1 through Oct. 4. Farmers in Delaware, Hancock, Hardin, Huron, Morrow, Richland, Sandusky, Union, Wood and Wyandot counties also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.

KENTON — The Hardin County OSU Extension office is having a workshop titled Making Hay: From Seeding to Harvesting on April 3 from 6:30-9 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about the hay-making process. The extension office’s location is 1021 W Lima Street, Suite 103 in Kenton.

BUCYRUS — Crawford County Soil and Water Conservation District is making landowner records prior to 1990 available to local landowners. The Crawford SWCD is offering landowners the opportunity to pick up old tile plans and other conservation records created prior to 1990.

March Madness is in full swing and the greatest matchups in Wyandot County hoops history are set. Not South Carolina versus Gonzaga, or North Carolina versus Oregon.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to move forward with a ditch project along Ohio 53 east of Kirby. The Riedlinger ditch project includes 564 acres of land and drains in Oak Run.