The minimum pay for some non-union Upper Sandusky city service workers will increase by $2 an hour Jan. 1, pending a vote by city council. The city’s service committee recently voted to increase the starting hourly wage from $12 to $14 for all non-licensed, full-time, non-union employees.

SHELBY — Momentum can be a big thing in softball, and once Mohawk got it, the Warriors did not let it go. Mohawk strung together four straight two-out hits in the third inning and got a Hannah Jordan grand slam in the fifth to roll to a 9-2 victory against Monroeville in a Division IV district semifinal game Tuesday evening at Shelby.

Upper Sandusky postal workers (from left) Roger McColly, Jeff Caudill, Stacy Richey and their co-workers collected more than 2,000 pounds of food along mail routes Saturday during the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.

Fairhaven Community kicked off its National Nursing Home Week celebration Monday morning with a visit by St. Peter School’s sixth-grade class and Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn.

INDIANAPOLIS — The National FFA Foundation awarded a $750 grant and an official FFA jacket to the Riverdale High School FFA chapter. Legacy Farmers Cooperative together with Syngenta participated in the FFA Blue Jacket program as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, to make the award possible.

For the first time in his tenure as mayor, Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn gave a key to the city award to an entire program Sunday. Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools’ music department received the award at the high school’s annual spring band and choir concert.

Riverdale High School juniors and seniors watch as first responders tend to the scene of a mock crash at the school Friday morning. With Riverdale’s prom set for Saturday, students were shown the dangers of texting and/or drinking and driving.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk’s Austin Harper made a strong case as to why he ought to defend his Northern 10 Athletic Conference Player of the Year award in a 7-2 victory over Carey. On the pitching mound, he struck out 10 in a complete game with two walks, five hits and one earned run allowed, and at the plate, he broke open the game and chased Carey starter Brayden Wentling with a three-run double in the fifth inning.