Chad Douglas Conley, 39, 910 West St., Carey, laborer; and Rebecca Lynn Gossman, 37, 910 West St., Carey, laborer, Dec. 21. David Kenneth Patterson Jr., 32, 104 E. Eighth St., Sycamore, private contractor; and Crystal Brooke Stockmaster, 28, 104 E. Eighth St., Sycamore, group leader, Dec. 23.

The Wyandot County Humane Society is reminding area residents to protect their animals in the wintertime as cold weather swept into the area just after New Year’s Day. Survival of any animal, regardless of the time of year, is related to several factors, according to a press release from the humane society.

The Wyandot County Prosecutor’s Office has released its 2016 annual statistics report. The year was the second-busiest on record at the prosecutor’s office, according to Wyandot County Prosecuting Attorney Doug Rowland.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners and Soil and Water Conservation District ditch maintenance supervisor Jeff Hohman met with representatives of Kalmbach Feeds Inc. on Thursday to finalize plans for a tile project involving the county infirmary farm and the site of the newest Kalmbach location.

BOWLING GREEN — Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jerry Wray on Thursday announced ODOT District 1 Deputy Director Kirk Slusher will serve as acting deputy director of ODOT District 2 until a permanent replacement is selected for outgoing deputy director Todd Audet.

MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Art Center will host a collection of 86 black and white photographs by Gary Zuercher, photographer and author of The Glow of Paris: The Bridges of Paris at Night. Zuercher spent five years photographing the 35 bridges over the Seine River at night during the winter months and another year researching the history of the bridges, gathering anecdotes, printing and assembling the prints.

The Village Restaurant, 435 N. Warpole St., Upper Sandusky, will host dinner at 5 p.m. with gospel singing from 6-8 p.m. Saturday. The Padgetts, Jesse Davila and HeartSong will perform.

CAREY — Carey Council members passed a motion to accept a bid from a local contractor to complete an impending electric project during their first meeting of the year Tuesday. A bid by Vaughn Industries, Carey, to install an electric substation at Continental Structural Plastics was approved, 4-2.

The appeal of a two-year prison sentence for Scott Thiel still is pending at the Third District Court of Appeals, attorney Mark Miller has notified The Daily Chief-Union after an error was printed in the article on top stories of 2016 on New Year’s Eve. A decision from the appeals court is expected soon, Miller said.

An Upper Sandusky business was broken into early Wednesday morning. The Drink and Deli drive-thru, 612 N. Warpole St., was entered through a hole created by an air conditioning unit being pushed out of its location, according to the police report.