The Crew to perform at Star Barbershop harmony will return to the Star Theatre stage Aug. 26. The annual An Evening of Barbershop concert benefits the local theater’s scholarship program. Read More
Heritage Days Fest set for Saturday MOUNT BLANCHARD — The village of Mount Blanchard will travel back to the early 1900s during the annual Heritage Days Festival on Saturday. There will be antique cars, tractors, small engines, antique bicycles and vendor booths along Main Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Read More
Meet and greet New Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Administrator Greg Lonsway (right) talks with therapy department workers during a public meet and greet event Wednesday. Read More
Angry crowd confronts Upper park bd, convinces group to reverse its decision The Upper Sandusky Park Board on Monday unanimously voted to withdraw its decision to allow a local group to reposition a Vietnam monument at Bicentennial Park after hearing from an angry crowd. Read More
Man accused of leading sheriff’s deputies on foot chase through Upper appears in court A 19-year-old Carey man accused of staying in a “rundown” abandoned home for a month with two runaway juveniles appeared in court for the first time since he was arrested after leading Wyandot County sheriff’s deputies on a foot-chase on Upper Sandusky’s west side early Saturday morning. Read More
Free produce available in Wharton, Upper Sandusky WHARTON — The Wyandot County BRIDGES Out of Poverty Action Committee will be holding its first Free Produce Fridays event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Friday in the lot beside Wharton First Church of God, 100 W. Franklin St. Read More
Trio arrested after chase in Upper A 19-year-old Carey man and two Upper Sandusky juveniles were arrested early Saturday morning after leading Wyandot County sheriff’s deputies on a four-hour foot chase through a west side Upper Sandusky neighborhood. Read More
New Wyandot County Solid Wast Management District director named Kyle McColly is the new Wyandot County Solid Waste Management District director. He started Monday. Read More
Carey school board approves tax break for pharmaceutical distributing group CAREY — The Carey Exempted Village Schools Board of Education on Monday approved a property tax exemption for a business expected to hire up to 50 people in the next three years. Wholesale pharmaceutical distributor JM Smith Corp., Spartanburg, South Carolina, is moving to occupy the second building in the Arrowhead Commerce Park. Read More
Nevada would welcome Dollar General NEVADA — Many residents in Sycamore have said they do not want a proposed Dollar General, but Nevada council members were in agreement during Monday night’s meeting they would be glad to have the store in their village — and it could be a possibility. Read More
Sycamore days away from controversial rezoning vote SYCAMORE — Sycamore Village Council members on Tuesday night will vote whether to rezone vacant land at the north end of town in what has become a controversial issue. Citizens flooded public meetings twice in the past month, many urging council members to vote against the request to reclassify the land from residential to business because they don’t like landowner Joel Romanko’s plan to sell it to a company that builds Dollar General stores.
County safety council talks tips to avoid falls in the workplace Slips, trips and falls are the No. 2 cause of workplace fatality. In many instances, death or significant injury can be avoided with proper equipment inspection. Richard Vaccaro of Guardian Fall Protection addressed local workplace supervisors and demonstrated proper harness use at a Wyandot Safety Council meeting Thursday at Harrison Smith Park.
Safety urged during solar eclipse Upper Sandusky and the rest of America will experience a total eclipse for the first time in 26 years Monday. A partial eclipse will begin at 1:04 p.m., reaching its peak at 2:30 p.m. and ending at 3:52 p.m. Upper Sandusky optometrist Dr. Kip Newell urges spectators to be cautious.
