As the initiation rate of breastfeeding mothers edges upward in Wyandot County, local families are sharing their stories during Breastfeeding Awareness Month in hopes it will encourage more parents-to-be to consider the benefits. Local families have no lack of support when they know where to look.

NEVADA — The Rev. Dennis Laferty opened the community in prayer, and the sheriff’s deputies showed up. So did the fire department, highway patrol and emergency medical services.

The nearly $7 million sewer separation project has started in the city of Upper Sandusky. On Monday, a crew could be seen moving equipment on North Seventh Street where the road ends at Bicentennial Park.

Area families had an opportunity to learn about the programs and services offered locally during the annual baby fair sponsored by Wyandot County Women, Infants and Children on Tuesday at Stepping Stones Park.

Upper Sandusky High School girls soccer players pitched tents and set up camp before a scrimmage Sunday night into Monday, the official first day of the fall sports season.

MARSEILLES — The gardens around the country home of Lovena Trautwein are a gardener’s dream. Hundreds of geraniums, marigolds, daisies and other annuals follow paths around a shallow fish pond and a small shelter house.

Ten area authors gathered for a book-signing event Saturday at McCutchenville’s historic Overland Inn. Organized by inn curator Cassie Carlson, the event included authors from Wyandot County and the surrounding area and one who wrote about her ancestors who lived in Wyandot County.

The Indian Mill Historical Site and Museum on CH 47 revealed several new exhibits during an open house ceremony Saturday afternoon. Representatives from Ohio History Connection and Chief Ted Roll of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation introduced several new displays as part of the unveiling after about two years of work, said George Kane, director of historic sites for OHC.

An Upper Sandusky native is showing up on television in Germany in anticipation of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which officially open Friday. Rachael Lust, 29, is featured in a hula hooping commercial airing exclusively in the European nation.

A group of Upper Sandusky High School alumni spent Friday afternoon painting the teepee at Harrison Smith Park. The design, by Molly Owens, is inspired by emblems of the 12 clans of the Wyandotte Nation of Indians, according to records from the Wyandot County Courthouse.