Fifteen Upper Sandusky High School FFA members recently participated in the Wyandot County job interview contest at Mohawk School. The job interview career development event is one of the most beneficial events of which FFA students may be involved, USHS agricultural education teacher and FFA adviser Anna Creswell said.

Three area residents have been nominated in Local Administrative Area 3 in Wyandot County to serve as a Farm Service Agency committee member. LAA No. 3 consists of Antrim, Jackson, Marseilles, Mifflin and Pitt townships.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale FFA chapter recently hosted a leadership night for surrounding FFA chapters. Johnathon Cottingim, state sentinel, and Ryan Matthews, state vice president at large, visited to offer workshops for FFA members.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Four Riverdale FFA members recently made up a team to complete in the district food science contest. The team, consisting of Carrol Pauley, Cara Pauley, Kohlten Shane and Hunter Shane, placed second in the district to win an opportunity to compete in the state contest Dec. 3.

COLUMBUS — Beginning Jan. 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Guidance 209 will be effective, and pork producers of all sizes will face major changes regarding access to feed and water medications, according to a press release from the Ohio Pork Council.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini recently announced that $1.5 million will be available in fiscal year 2017 for farmers and foresters who harvest and deliver biomass for renewable energy.

Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights continues to grow into its 20th year, and organizers are inviting the public to a walk-through event for the third year from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 30 at Harrison Smith Park. The recipient of this year’s proceeds is Wyandot County Home Health Agency, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

The city service committee looked to potential and mandated future infrastructure projects and heard Upper Sandusky has qualified for state Issue I grant and zero-interest loan funding for an upcoming waterline project during a regular meeting Monday.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — A subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc. is purchasing Guardian Industries Corp., the parent company of injection molder SRG Global Inc., according to a Monday article in the Plastic News trade publication.

For the second year in a row, the city of Upper Sandusky will see no increase in health insurance costs and no change in coverage. Mayor Scott Washburn thanked United Insurance Service representative Scott Dickey and his crew for their work to keep the same rates in 2017.