As the Farm Service Agency celebrates 30 years of its Conservation Reserve Program this month, at least one local farmer also reached a milestone after being a program participant for 25 years. Dave Courtad is familiar with many of the practices supported by CRP, including filter strips, wind breaks, quail buffers and wetlands.

FirstEnergy has contracted Vista 1 to perform fall routine aerial inspections on Ohio Edison transmission lines beginning Monday. The routine aerial inspections in the OE region typically require about four to six weeks for completion, depending on weather conditions and other scheduling needs.

Voters will have an opportunity to choose between candidates in a variety of races in Wyandot County during the Nov. 3 general election, while some other races are uncontested. In Carey, incumbent Mayor Steven W. Smalley, a Republican, will face Chad Daniel Kin, a write-in candidate with no party listed on the certified candidates sheet provided by the Wyandot County Board of Elections.

Timothy L. Stansbery, Upper Sandusky, was arrested the evening of July 24 on a warrant issued out of Wyandot County Common Pleas Court Juvenile Division for failure to appear and/or comply with previous orders of the court. He originally was charged with non-compliance for child support.

A West Virginia man accused of trafficking illegal drugs through Wyandot County faces up to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to two of the nine counts he was charged with following a traffic stop in Carey in early April. Mark E. Parsons of Poca, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to one charge of trafficking heroin and another count of trafficking cocaine.

An employee of Subway on West Wyandot Avenue reported the theft of an approximately 10-foot sign pole the morning of July 21. Officers responded to a report of vandalism to a vehicle parked at a business in the 1000 block of North Warpole Street the afternoon of July 21.

Upper Sandusky City Council voted during a special meeting Wednesday to affirm a decision by the tree commission to charge Councilman Tom Shumaker $150 for removing a tree from his Front Street yard. Shumaker started the meeting sitting at his council seat and excused himself when his issue was brought up.

Four people including a 5-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday night on Ohio 67 south of TH 42 in Crane Township. John Hale Jr., 44, was traveling southbound on Ohio 67 when he drove off the right side of the roadway and rolled his 2000 Kia Sportage one time, according to a report by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

No injuries were reported in two separate barn fires Wednesday that included one of two major dairy operations in the county. According to reports by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, deputies first responded to 3 Flags Dairy at 18405 TH 70, Forest, after a 911 call at 5:13 p.m.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department responded to a report Wednesday of a person pumping something into the Sandusky River, but the claim was found to be false. Police went to the George Washington Bridge on East Wyandot Avenue and spoke with a man identified as an employee of Noxious Vegetation Control.