Thursday, in conjunction with parent teacher conferences, a Hidden in Plain Sight interactive exhibit gave Upper Sandusky High School parents a chance to see what can be hiding in a teenager’s bedroom.

Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights made a record-tying donation to Upper Sandusky Senior Village Thursday evening at the Masonic Temple in Upper Sandusky. Representatives from Senior Village received a check for $35,000 from the Fantasy of Lights, tying the record-breaking donation given last year to the Dorcas Carey Public Library.

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 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.

The family of an Upper Sandusky man says he was a victim in the Mount Carmel overdose scandal. Robert P. Lee, of Upper Sandusky, died at Mt. Carmel-St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville on Oct. 13, 2017. He was 70. The family later learned that Dr. William Husel had ordered a lethal dose of fentanyl, the immediate cause of Lee’s death.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Board of Education was given multiple options for what to do with the Rover Pipeline money Tuesday at its regularly scheduled meeting. The board heard from Mike Burns, a representative from Baird who spoke on investment and debt strategies. Burns said this is an unusual time in the market where rates have gone up for the past three years while borrowing costs have gone down for the past five months.

The Wyandot County Health Alliance met Tuesday at Wyandot Memorial Hospital to discuss updates for its plans to improve community health and well-being. Wyandot County Director of Environmental Health Jeff Ritchey said press releases were in the works for prom and the health board will have a presence at the upcoming bike rodeo.