Pure Balance Massage and Nails offers the same services at big-city spas, with cozy comforts you can only find in a small town and prices to match. “The massages are wonderful. I’ve had manicures and pedicures and I was very pleased with those as well,” said Linda Smith of Upper Sandusky, who has been a regular customer at Pure Balance for nearly five years.

Wyandot County Environmental Health Director Jeff Ritchey met with multiple individuals to receive public input on the health board’s plans for a septic tank operational maintenance and permitting program.

Approximately 20 students braved freezing temperatures to drive in the annual Upper Sandusky High School drive your tractor to school day parade this morning.

Jacob E. McDaniel, Upper Sandusky, was cited for failure to yield after a crash in Crane Township the morning of March 10. McDaniel was eastbound on CH 47 when he pulled into the path of a northbound vehicle driven by Christopher L. Payne, Marietta, on Ohio 199.

CAREY — Mayor Armand Getz and Law Director Emily Beckley are resigning, effective April 1. Getz explained his intent to step down Monday at the conclusion of a 35-minute discussion about prayer that opened Carey’s regular council meeting. Council chambers were packed Monday as legislators heard from community members regarding a recent recommendation to cease praying before meetings.

Upper Sandusky city officials spoke out against a proposed state takeover of local business tax collections. “They want us to pay someone to do what we have one person doing already,” Mayor Scott Washburn said during Monday night’s city council meeting. “This is just another instance where (the state needs) to stay out of it. “It wasn’t too long ago that (the state) was not interested in doing collections at all, yet here we are,” Washburn added.

The Upper Sandusky Board of Education met at East Elementary School on Monday for a regular meeting and tour of the building. During the meeting, the board approved a resolution to receive an annual donation from Greater Good Egg Co. LLC, a new branch of Kalmbach Feeds. The community reinvestment area application said that 75 percent of the real property abatement over 10 years, which is a tax break typically given to new businesses by municipalities, will be donated to the district.

State Rep. Wes Goodman (R-Cardington), fifth from left, met with government students from Mohawk, Riverdale, Upper Sandusky and Wynford high schools during the Wyandot County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on Monday evening in the Masters Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Goodman was the keynote speaker. Daily Chief-Union/Chanda Neely  

WHARTON — Wharton Village Council discussed properties in the village that need to be cleaned up during its meeting Monday evening. Councilman Bruce Riegel brought photos of properties littered with trash. The village has a property maintenance ordinance, but council members noted the lack of a village solicitor would make it difficult to enforce the penalties in court.

Joyce Morehart recently was recognized by the Erie Basin Resource Conservation & Development Council for her service as president in 2007-2008. She currently serves as a council member representing Wyandot County along with current Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger, at large member Don Schilling, and Wyandot Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor Larry Passet.