Teachers and staff at the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District have gotten into the swing of the new school year. Among the new certified staff members are Amanda Banta, Taylor Burk, Andrea Dunn, Brittany Myers and Angie Murphy.

The Rev. Becky King (from left) offers prayers for first responders, including Wyandot County Emergency Medical Services Director Dale Risley with the Rev. Jim Stauffer and retired Marseilles firefighter Brian Bryant during the Wyandot County Fair worship service Sunday.

Jim Caudill (front, left) of Vanlue and Twila Walton of Upper Sandusky were crowned the 2015 king and queen during a Grandparents Day celebration at Westbrook Assisted Living on Sunday.

A large number of new teachers and administrators joined the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District for the 2015-16 academic year. While several teachers and staff transferred within the district, the USEVSD also welcomed 11 new staff members.

Upper Sandusky firefighters set up their annual memorial outside the city safety building to honor the 343 New York firefighters who died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Upper Sandusky Community Library will get all new landscaping after an unanimous vote by the board Thursday to invest in the capital improvement project. The board voted 6-0 to accept a bid of $18,650 from Carmar Gardens and to make adjustments on the proposal, with a maximum budget of $20,000.

HARPSTER — Some of the improvements planned at Harpster’s Lewis Park are complete, although two new poles are needed to complete the basketball court. Council received an update on the project during its regular meeting Tuesday night at the community center, according to submitted minutes.

A cloudy September afternoon provided a good time to sow both rye and radishes with the assistance of two pilots from the Wyandot County Airport, which has a 3,997-foot runway.

Ron Mexter and Chad McLaughlin prepare to check for loose sandstone on courthouse overhangs Tuesday. The Wyandot County commissioners used a lift to get a closer inspection of the sandstone fixtures below the courthouse roof line.

A semitrailer driver was transported to Wyandot Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on U.S. 30 east of U.S. 23. Jacob M. Bland, 24, of King George, Vermont, was traveling eastbound on U.S. 30 about 100 feet east of the U.S. 23 interchange at 10:11 a.m. when he went off the right side of the roadway and drove through several pieces of guardrail and down an embankment, according to a report by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.