The legacy of a man who died in October 2013 lives on throughout county and the state of Ohio, with Gottfried weather vanes dotting the landscapes of the Buckeye State. The late C. Richard “Dick” Gottfried spent his retirement finding scraps in junk yards and items in garage sales to make into intricate and unique weather vanes.

A rainy morning did not stop area senior citizens from attending the annual Wyandot County Council on Aging senior expo Thursday at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church. Area businesses and organizations that provide services for senior citizens set up booths for the event, while several special presentations took place, including a look at changes to advanced directives in the state of Ohio.

Fall is a time of year when many people think of ghosts, the afterlife and haunted houses. One area group — the Carey Area Paranormal Energy Research Society or CAPERS — is looking for these things all the time.

The Wyandot County Bureau of Motor Vehicles has ranked 17th in the state for highest percentage of donations to the Save Our Sight program. Many of the top county BMVs that registered Ohio residents to donate $1 apiece to the Save Our Sight program are located in Ohio District 4, which includes Wyandot County.

Before the Upper Sandusky Fire Department arrived at the scene of a field fire on CH 47 early Monday afternoon, two young neighbors rushed to extinguish the blaze and keep it from spreading to a nearby garage. The young men wanted to make sure their neighbors did not go through what they experienced less than 48 hours earlier.

MELMORE — The Eden Township Board of Trustees joined with Sycamore Fire and Rescue on Saturday to dedicate a new $260,000 fire station at the site of the former Melmore Elementary School. Eden Township board chairman Mike Homan said Verne Shellhouse, a 33-year trustee, and former township officials had the foresight to begin saving for a fire station more than 10 years ago.

The story of “the little boy who never grew up” was told in Upper Sandusky on Saturday afternoon. Fortunately, while there were many stumbles along the way — including a stint in prison — the boy transformed into a man that his mother and the rest of society could be proud of for reasons other than his accomplishments on the football field.

Maddison Cordell and Mason Hammond were named Mohawk homecoming queen and king before Friday night’s football game against Ridgedale.