It was 8 a.m. Wednesday when Ellie Zeller woke up and decided she wanted to spend her day selling Kool-Aid to raise funds for brain cancer awareness. Two years ago, the third-grade Union Elementary School student lost her 28-year uncle, Jake Zeller, of Bellevue, to the disease.

Shortly after Mary Beth Stinehelfer joined the Wyandot County Board of Health in 1990, she found her place among the public health officials working in the county. After retiring earlier this year, Stinehelfer has looked back on her time as a board member with great reverence.

COLUMBUS (AP) — A teen couple accused in a three-state, six-day crime spree that authorities say ended because the pair could not swim across the wide Ohio River have been charged in Pennsylvania as adults, authorities said Wednesday. Sixteen-year-old Triston Kindle, of Upper Sandusky, and 15-year-old Rose May, of Sycamore, were charged in Pennsylvania with felony counts of aggravated assault …

HARPSTER — Findlay-based Marathon Petroleum Company has been seeking opportunities for wind energy in the local area. After much testing, the location was chosen and a new wind turbine will be constructed at the Harpster pump location.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners met with Midstate Contractors Inc. project supervisor Steve Gilmore and Schooley Caldwell Associates representative Paul Schmitt on Wednesday for a bi-weekly update meeting on the restoration project at the Wyandot County Courthouse.

MARSEILLES — A bi-annual audit has been completed by the auditor of state’s office and no problems were found, according to a record of minutes from the Marseilles Village Council meeting Tuesday.

The 13th annual Sandusky River Valley Gospel Festival is from 5-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5-8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church family life center auditorium at 108 Malabar Drive, Upper Sandusky.

MARION — The Marion Palace Theatre will kick off its 2015-16 season with a musical production based on one of the most popular Disney movies of all time, “Mary Poppins” from July 11-19.

ADA — The Cadets, one of the oldest and most honored continuously operating drum and bugle corps in the country, will perform at Ohio Northern University’s Dial-Roberson Stadium at 8 p.m. Sunday.

The Wyandot County Commissioners, Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn and Wyandot County Office of Economic Development Director Greg Moon spent a sunny Thursday morning discussing fuel mileage, the economy, the cost of new and used vehicles and commitment to customers. The group toured Reineke Motors Inc. for a monthly business tour. Owner Dan Reineke said his father started the business …