The Wyandot County Commissioners voted to approve a proposal from the Ohio Department of Transportation to close CH 50 at the U.S. 23/U.S. 30 intersection Thursday morning after a public hearing on the issue in the Wyandot County Courthouse.

BUCYRUS — At Thursday’s Wynford Local School District Board of Education meeting, the board recognized and celebrated individuals and organizations that are helping area students. Amanda Sheets, operations manager at the Crawford Success Center, a satellite of North Central State College in Bucyrus, said that the Arts for Success event, a fundraiser to generate scholarship money for local students, was a huge success thanks to area student artists, local artists and artists from around, or with ties to Ohio that created works to be auctioned off at the event.

The Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities approved the 2019-20 Angeline School calendar at its monthly meeting Thursday evening. Angeline Superintendent Todd Dilley provided an update on Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, reporting the DD Awareness and Appreciation breakfast was well attended again this year by over 80 local leaders of business, industry, elected officials, media and community organizations.

From the era that brought the world the Rubik’s cube, Max Headroom and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes the “totally awesome” musical “Back to the ‘80s”. In the style of movies such as “Back to the Future,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “The Karate Kid,” “Back to the ’80s” is a nostalgic romp through the greatest hits of the decade.

The Star Players Inc. has announced open auditions for their spring 2019 production, “9 to 5 The Musical” are 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for the show to be directed by Vicki McClurkin. Call-backs are slated for 7 p.m. Thursday at The Star Theatre, 121 W. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Adult roles are available for both men and women of all ages, teen and up.

The Star Players Inc. has announced a special one-night only performance, Black Tie Broadway, at 7:30 p.m. March 29 at the Star Theatre, 121 W. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky. The community is invited to join some favorite local performers, past and present, for an evening celebrating Broadway through song.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk High School will present “The Music Man” at 7 p.m. March 29 and 30 and 2 p.m. March 31 at the Mohawk Performing Arts Center. The year is 1912. Traveling salesman and con man Harold Hill steps off the train into the town of River City, Iowa, well known for its stubbornness.

The Ohio State Fire Marshall visited the Wyandot County EMS building Wednesday afternoon to award grant money to seven Wyandot County fire departments. Jeff Hussey and his Chief Deputy Bill Spurgeon presented a check for $279,017.29 to the Upper Sandusky, Carey, Sycamore, Wharton, Wyandot East, Marseilles and Pitt Township fire departments to be used for a new multi-agency radio communication system (MARCS).

The Upper Sandusky Park Board approved bonuses for lifeguards at a special meeting Wednesday evening. Upper Sandusky City Council member Aaron Korte recommended a $300 bonus for lifeguards to help reimburse them for the cost of certification with the caveat that they work 50 percent or more of the days the pool is open.

LaRUE — A LaRue man died Wednesday morning after an accident on private property on TH 67. Dana A. Green, 54, of rural LaRue, was killed after a 2003 GMC Envoy he was working on rolled forward while he was underneath it, according to a Wyandot County Sheriff’s report.