FOREST — In 1973, the depot that had been the hub of the Forest community had fallen on hard times. The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads had closed the door in the decade earlier and the huge brick building was considered a nuisance. Mayor Tom Price sent the railroad owners a letter demanding they make repairs to the building or destroy it.

Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger and Paul Schmitt of Schooley Caldwell Associates, Columbus, met with Midstate contractor Steve Gilmore to discuss how the courthouse construction was progressing Wednesday.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department is investigating a complaint involving a large amount of trash dumped at the city’s compost pile after the items were discovered Monday night.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Theatre Company will present the musical comedy, “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Wynford High School auditorium, 3288 Holmes Center Road, Bucyrus.

MANSFIELD — Fans of the No. 1 movie of all time, “The Shawshank Redemption,” are invited to travel back in time at the first Shawshank Ball. Taking place in the Central Guard Room at the Ohio State Reformatory, which starred in the movie as the Shawshank Prison, the ball is slated for 6 p.m. Aug. 29. The inaugural event will …

Officers performed a welfare check on a possibly suicidal female early the morning of June 16 in the 400 block of North Fifth Street. Contact was made with the woman.

Wyandot Memorial Hospital has been given the first Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace award by the Wyandot County Women, Infants and Children program for its support of breastfeeding mothers, from those who give birth at the hospital to staff members.

SYCAMORE — Less than a week after Microsoft rolled out its newest operating system, area residents had an opportunity Tuesday to learn about Windows 10, electronic devices and cloud computing on the Serving Every Ohioan consortium tour bus that made a stop at the Mohawk Community Library.