Carey looks at adding on-site fields CAREY — The Carey Exempted Village School Board heard a presentation on Monday from Dan Vaughn of the Athletic Boosters regarding a proposed baseball and softball athletic complex. The proposed athletic complex would be located on school property near the track and would use 3-3.5 acres of farmland. Read More
Upper native inducted in to 4-H HOF COLUMBUS — An Upper Sandusky native earned a prestigious state honor over the weekend. Kaytlyn Graver, a 2016 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, was inducted into the Ohio 4-H Teen Hall of Fame Saturday at the Ohio 4-H Teen Conference in Columbus. Read More
Carey mayor learns what its like to have disability as part of DD awareness month CAREY — March is Developmental Disability Awareness month, and that means another community leader was chosen to be placed in the shoes of someone with a disability. This year’s volunteer was Carey Mayor Jennifer Rathburn. Rathburn’s simulated disability experience involved being in a wheelchair all morning while adding a few other disabilities throughout the event. Read More
Upper library board discusses security Security issues were discussed at Thursday’s meeting of the Upper Sandusky Community Library board. The idea of security cameras was proposed due to some issues of cash going missing. There was hope to take steps to minimize loss of material. Read More
Councilman urges break for those who pay bill on time FOREST — The water and sewer funds in Forest have been showing positive numbers in recent reports and if one member of council has his way, the residents will be fiscally rewarded for being good consumers. Councilman Dean Hankins suggested at Thursday’s council meeting that the village look into giving residents a rollback on their village utility bills. Read More
Upper park project funding part of state capital budget COLUMBUS — Ohio Rep. Riordan McClain (R-Upper Sandusky) announced Wednesday that the Ohio House has passed the state capital budget, which invests $2.62 billion statewide, including $700,000 in funding for projects in Ohio’s 87th House District. Read More
Ministerial Association hopes ‘Thank You Jesus’ signs fill yards on Easter The Upper Sandusky Ministerial Association met recently at John Stewart United Methodist Church to discuss ways to get area citizens involved on Easter. “Two years ago we held the last daytime Good Friday community service,” Emanuel United Church of Christ Pastor Jay Scott said. Read More
Sycamore Parks Committee meets with No One Fights Alone rep SYCAMORE — The Sycamore Parks Committee met with representatives of No One Fights Alone Tuesday to discuss an upcoming event this summer. Minnie Danner and Becky Williams run the nonprofit organization No One Fights Alone, which aids cancer patients in the community. Read More
Lee Memorial Scholarship to be issued The Robert P. Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund will issue a scholarship for the 2017-18 school year. Fund spokesman Ron Pool said an anonymous donor matched $10,000 in donations to bring the overall scholarship fund just north of $37,000 at the end of February. Read More
Upper discusses fire protection contracts for 3 townships Fire protection contracts were discussed in Monday’s Upper Sandusky Safety Committee meeting. The protection contracts for Crane, Mifflin and Salem townships expire on July 1. Read More
Fairhaven hosts NW Stars banquet Nonprofit retirement communities celebrated their best and brightest Thursday afternoon with the Leading Age Ohio Northwest Stars banquet. The event was hosted at Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky.
Wynford selects architect firm BUCYRUS — Wynford Local Schools has selected an architecture firm for its new high school and middle school buildings. After the Wynford Board of Education meeting Thursday, Superintendent Fred Fox revealed the district had chosen Buehrer Group Architecture out of Maumee as the architecture firm for the new high school and middle school.
Superintendent says March DD month successful Superintendent Todd Dilley reported the March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month activities were a big success during Thursday’s regular board meeting of the Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities.