Sheriff’s Office trying to identify Harpster bank robber HARPSTER — The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an unidentified man who robbed First Federal Bank in Harpster on Monday. Around 12:30 p.m., a white male around 5-7, 230 pounds, with a thick mustache and brown hair entered the bank, handed a teller a note and left with an unknown amount of cash, according to a release from … Read More
Staring at the sun Over 200 people attended the Community Library eclipse party, which featured eclipse cookies, milky way bars, chalk eclipse art and solar system bingo. Read More
Upper Sandusky BOE hires former Riverdale softball coach Upper Sandusky hired former Riverdale coach Luke Swavel as its softball coach at Monday evening’s board of education meeting. Swavel coached the Falcons to a 68-117 record in eight seasons, including a 4-19 mark during a rebuilding year this spring. Read More
Meeting constituents Ohio state representative Wesley Goodman (R, right) meets with his “favorite liberals” during his special office hours yesterday at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Read More
Upper gets $238,000 grant for fire truck The burden on Upper Sandusky taxpayers for a fire truck upgrade was just reduced drastically. City auditor Mark Droll announced at last night’s council meeting that the United States Department of Agriculture had approved a grant-loan package to help cover the cost of a 2012 Pierce 100-foot SkyArm Arrow XT ladder truck, which the city agreed to purchase for $680,000 in late July. Read More
Carey holds moment of silence for former councilwoman Kurtz CAREY — Carey Council opened its regular meeting Monday by dedicating its regular moment of silence in honor of the late Lois Kurtz. Kurtz died Aug. 11 at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. She was 63. She was a longtime council member in addition to serving on the Carey Post Office, Carey Emergency Medical Services and Carey Kiwanis. She was the owner of Kurtz Shoe Store. Read More
Stallone film seeks extras MANSFIELD (AP) — A casting agency is seeking extras for a movie starring Sylvester Stallone that will be filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, the former prison in Mansfield where “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed. Mansfield City Council members say the film is the sequel to the yet-to-be-released “Escape Plan 2.” The “Escape Plan” movies featuring Stallone all center on … Read More
Wyandot SWCD holds 69th annual banquet The 69th annual banquet and supervisor election for the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District was held Thursday with 140 people in attendance. Brian Frisch was re-elected to the board of supervisors and Brad Weaver was elected to his first term, which begins Jan. 1. Read More
Crawford SWCD to hold supervisor election BUCYRUS — The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission will cause an election of Supervisors of the Soil and Water Conservation District to be held in accordance with Chapter 940 of the Ohio Revised Code. Read More
Mount Blanchard dedicates memorial MOUNT BLANCHARD — A veterans memorial was dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday during a special ceremony at the annual Heritage Days Festival in Mount Blanchard. Mayor Cynthia Morrison led the ceremony, which kicked off with the national anthem sung by Upper Sandusky history teacher Bill Miller and an appearance from the Marine Corps League of Findlay. Read More