CAREY — Carey Exempted Village Schools will once again ask voters to renew a five-year, 1 percent income tax renewal levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. The five-year, 1 percent income tax levy was originally passed by voters in November 2004, was renewed in November 2008 and again in May 2014.

Dear editor, Nov. 6 will find the citizens of this state facing the decision of whether to adopt proposed Issue 1 as an amendment to the Ohio Constitution. At the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, we are mindful of and wish to share with the citizens of Wyandot County our concerns about some of the dangers Issue 1 presents to our community and the state of Ohio.

The Wyandot County Board of Health is proposing a .7-mill replacement levy this November. “This levy will take the place of our current .7-mill levy and our .3-mill levy,” Director of Environmental Health Jeff Ritchey said.

CAREY — During their meeting on Monday, the Carey Exempted Village School District Board of Education approved a resolution to renew the levy of an annual income tax expiring at the end of 2019 for school district purposes. With the passing of the resolution, the 1 percent, five-year income tax levy will be placed on the ballot for voters in the upcoming general election on Nov. 6.

Unofficial voting results from Tuesday were reported by the Wyandot County Board of Elections. The Dorcas Carey Public Library Tax Levy passed with an overwhelming margin of 519 for the tax levy and 117 against the tax levy.

No local contested races will be on the primary ballot for the May 8 election. However, there will be tax initiatives and party votes for state-level candidates, among the Ohio House 87th District, which has three Republican candidates, including newly-appointed Riordan McClain.

Election results of the 2017 general election are here!

BUCYRUS — Wynford Local Schools will be getting a new high school and junior high building after the passage of a 4.95-mill levy with an additional 1 mill for permanent improvement attached to that. Unofficially, the overall vote was 1,088 (56.4 percent) in favor of the levy, with 940 against.

Upper Sandusky City Council has two new members. Six candidates were on the ballot, but only four positions on council were available.

CAREY — Jennifer Rathburn, one of three candidates looking to serve the remaining two years of an unexpired term, was elected on Tuesday to continue serving as mayor of the village of Carey. Rathburn received 52.07 percent of the vote, Robert T. Maison received 34.71 percent of the vote and John Green received 13.22 percent of the vote.