Three local projects recently were approved to receive state Issue I grant and loan funding in District 16 on July 1 for fiscal year 2017. Wyandot County applied for two grants and Upper Sandusky applied for one grant and one loan for a single project, according to a document provided separately by the Wyandot County Board of Commissioners and the city of Upper Sandusky.

An inmate at the Wyandot County Jail was transported to Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital on Tuesday following an incident at the Wyandot County Courthouse on Monday. Joshua B. Risner, New Riegel, was scheduled to attend a pretrial for a second-degree felony burglary charge against him Tuesday, according to the Wyandot County Common Pleas Court weekly calendar.

As part of the Home for the Holidays weekend in Wyandot County, the Star Players of Upper Sandusky are all set to perform their 12th annual Christmas Cabaret at 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Star Theatre. The annual event will include several of the Star Players, along with a few special guests performing many yuletide favorites.

One Stop Carry Out owners David and Lori McLaughlin are settling in as their first year as business owners winds down. David, a Carey native, and his wife acquired the one-stop shop on Carey’s South Vance Street in January and have developed relationships with their fair share of regular customers.

CAREY — Carey’s ninth annual Trees of the Season event will coincide with Christmas in Carey on Dec. 2. Area business owners are invited to donate a tree, wreath, centerpiece or Christmas decoration showcasing their business to be given away during the event.

Black Friday is right around the corner and Americans will be rushing to registers with credit cards in hand. To help show where people have been most responsible with their cards, financial technology company SmartAsset, New York, has released its second annual study on places with the least credit card debt.

Multiple local fire departments responded to a house fire in Upper Sandusky on Tuesday morning. The Upper Sandusky, Carey and Pitt Township fire departments, Wyandot County Emergency Medical Services and the American Red Cross responded to the fire at the residence of Rueban and Rosa Rall at 410 Spring St.

SYCAMORE — Just after announcing the retirements of two volunteer firefighters who served more than a century in total, Sycamore Fire Chief Bryan Clouse tenured his resignation to council Tuesday after 13 years leading the department.

CAREY — A grant of more than $1.3 million from the U.S. Economic Development Association for an electric substation project cannot be received because of lack of competition in bids, Carey administrator Roy Johnson said during a regular meeting of village council Monday.

The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools Board of Education approved $7,000 in teacher mini grants during a regular meeting Monday. The grants, which are applied for by faculty members, are given from the district’s general fund each year.