An Upper Sandusky man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on theft related charges Wednesday in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court. Brandon L. Stowe, 19, was sentenced to 11 months in prison on a fifth-degree felony breaking and entering charge, 12 months on a third-degree burglary charge and 18 months for a third-degree burglary charge, a third-degree grand theft charge, a third-degree burglary charge and third-degree grand theft charge.

SYCAMORE — The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of damage to several road signs and mailboxes in Sycamore Township on Wednesday night. A township trustee called authorities just after 9:30 p.m. to report a vehicle had run over a stop sign at the intersection of TH 12 and TH 13, and someone damaged a stop sign at the intersection of CH 16 and TH 12, a WCSO report states.

A deputy responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle driving slowly on North Goodbread Street, Nevada, the night of Feb. 9. The motorist was looking for a lost dog.

CAREY — Willow Craft Gallery, formerly of Upper Sandusky, now is located at 205 S. Vance St., Carey. When her previous space in downtown Upper Sandusky was bought in the Kimmel Cleaners expansion, she soon was alerted by another Carey studio to the open space in town.

CAREY — Life comes at you fast — even in middle school. Carey eighth-graders participated in a class-wide Real Money, Real World program during school Friday.

PIQUA — Buckeye Insurance Group recently announced that Pahl and Associates, Sycamore, received the 2017 Premier Agency Award. The award is presented annually to select independent insurance agencies representing Buckeye Insurance that receive highest acclaim for personalized customer service and superior sales performance. “(Owners) Donn and Christy Pahl strive each year to meet all their clients’ needs and it paid …

FINDLAY — Blanchard Valley Health System recently made several key management changes in order to focus on organization-wide, strategic initiatives. Linda DeArment was named director of physician services and recruitment.

COLUMBUS — Outstanding client service, ethics and professionalism have elevated Chad S. Baker, of the Columbus General Office of New York Life, to qualify for the exclusive “Court of the Table,” of the Million Dollar Round Table, the premier association of financial professionals, a press release states.

CAREY — The Carey school building on South Street no longer stands, but those in a packed auditorium at the new building on Blue Devil Drive on Tuesday evening took a trip back in time while learning if the ghost stories they were told as students at the old school were true.

CAREY — Carey will receive less than a third of the $1.3 million in federal funding it requested for an electric substation project after village officials chose a higher-priced contractor to do the job. The U.S. Economic Development Agency only awarded the village a $418,000 grant for the Continental Structural Plastics substation project.