After the Supreme Court’s historic ruling June 26, gay and lesbian couples were guaranteed the right to wed in states across the nation, and several Wyandot County couples have taken advantage of the new opportunity, according to local sources. Like Wyandot County Probate Court Judge and Clerk Kate Aubry, Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn considers officiating at marriages of all consenting adult couples as part of his duty after taking an oath of office to uphold all local, state and national laws.

FINDLAY — There were rumors the Head Start program in Upper Scioto Valley would be closed this year. The closing is no longer just a rumor.

The Carey FFA officer team for the 2015-16 school year includes (from left) Chase Wagner, reporter; Carley Coppler, president; Noel Orians, sentinel; Dakota Conley, secretary; Madison Kessler, historian; Emily Motta, treasurer; and Kaden Blankenship, vice president.

The election of agricultural producers to Farm Service Agency county committees is important to farmers. It is crucial that every eligible producer participate in the elections because FSA county committees are a link between the agricultural community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. County committee members are a critical component of the operations of FSA. They help deliver FSA farm …

The River Roundup 4-H club recently met for its eighth meeting of the season with 21 project members, three cloverbuds and five advisers at John Stewart United Methodist Church. President Rachael Herring called the meeting to order.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation has announced its opposition to the marijuana legalization measure likely to be on the November ballot. The farm bureau says the proposal distorts Ohio’s constitution, creates a monopoly that excludes average Ohioans and puts the state at odds with federal law.

Officers assisted Upper Sandusky Emergency Medical Services the morning of May 29 in the 500 block of South Warpole Street. Officers responded to a report of a pop machine entered at unknown time with key the morning of May 29 in the 100 block of North Sandusky Avenue.

Three residents of Shields Drive visited Upper Sandusky’s service committee meeting Monday evening to express concerns over severe flooding issues in their subdivision, and Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger shared an update on a project that will attempt to alleviate that problem for area residents, a business and at least one farmer. Tanya Grandillo, Anna Patchett and Rhonda Morrison said they experienced some flooding last year, but Grandillo described this year’s problem as “horrendous.”

A piece of equipment described as a possible “lemon” by the city of Upper Sandusky’s streets supervisor will need additional repairs just after being returned from a shop for similar problems, and the city now plans to have its law director get involved. Streets supervisor Allen Boes said the city received its street sweeper back last Monday and the transmission overheated the following day.

An Upper Sandusky City councilman who made a disparaging comment during a public meeting two weeks ago has apologized to the family of two brothers who drowned in an accident on Father’s Day, and clarified the intention of his comments in an interview with The Daily Chief-Union.