ATTICA — North Central Electric Cooperative announced recently it has been named a 5-Star Co-op by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The five-star designation recognizes NCE’s high level of participation in Co-ops Vote, a national get-out-the-vote campaign. The non-partisan campaign seeks to engage voters and boost voter turnout in areas served by electric co-ops all across the country.

Wyandot Classics and Cruisers is gearing up for another great year its Autumn Cruise show Saturday in downtown Upper Sandusky. Now in its 19th year, organizer Dave Yeater, said the event is on track with last year with preregistrations and is expected to bring around 700 vehicles, 25 years and older, Saturday and many more people from around Ohio and surrounding states looking to enjoy a good car show and cruise-in.

Upper Sandusky City Council President Don Spiegel and his daughter, Leah Brugmann were arrested on domestic violence charges on the 400 block of North Fourth Street on Tuesday. According to an Upper Sandusky police report, dispatch was advised of a fight at 470 North Fourth Street at approximately 5:26 p.m.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore Village Council agreed to raise sewer rates at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The Sycamore Utilities Committee reported the village needed to make adjustments to sludge and needed to look at rates for the sewer to keep the sewer budget healthy.

Rachel Scott, the first victim of the April 20, 1999, Columbine school shooting that left 12 students and one teacher dead, lived her life with the intention of being a positive light and creating a chain reaction of kindness, confident in the knowledge that she would impact the world positively. Now 20 years later, her story continues to have an impact, across the United States and the world, and is having an impact on the students of Upper Sandusky.

An officer performed a K-9 assist with the Ohio State Highway Patrol on U.S. 23 northbound near CH 121 the evening of Sept. 22. Sherry M. Rodgers, Findlay, was arrested for theft at Walmart the evening of Sept. 22. An accomplice, James Riggs, Columbus, was charged with complicit to theft.

Voting will open for the USDA’s Farm Service Agency’s Wyandot County Committee on Nov. 4. It is important that every eligible producer participate in these elections because FSA county committees are a link between the agricultural community and the USDA. The 2019 election in Wyandot County will be conducted for the representative for Local Administrative Area No. 3 consisting of Jackson, Mifflin, Pitt, Antrim and Marseilles townships.

COLUMBUS — Rose Hartschuh of Sycamore is serving on the 2019 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee. The committee collects and organizes public policy recommendations from county farm bureaus and presents the final policy suggestions to be voted on by Ohio farm bureau delegates during the state annual meeting in December.

REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently announced new veterinary inspection requirements for horses entering Ohio. This applies to all horses, including those intending to participate in the All American Quarter Horse Congress. The intent is to prevent the spread of vesicular stomatitis.

Cassidy Breidenbach (left), the Rev. Anne Pairan and Bethany Ford (right) pose together June 9 at St. Paul Lutheran Church after Breidenbach’s and Ford’s confirmation.