The criteria architect and contractor on the courthouse restoration project met with the commissioners Thursday for a pre-construction meeting, at which the logistical ins and outs were hashed out. Safety and security, contracts, the construction schedule and finances were among several topics on the agenda at the two-hour sit down. An expected completion date of Oct. 31, 2015 has been …

Dal Heckathorn (center) was named cooperator of the year Thursday during the annual banquet of the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District. He is pictured with (left) SWCD office manager Eileen Kuenzli and Ag Credit branch manager Rick Leitzy. The award is sponsored by Ag Credit.   [gap height=”10″] The ditch maintenance award went to James Rickle. Paul Miller was …

Angeline School and Industries plans to move away from federal aid for lunches. During Thursday’s meeting of the Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the question was raised of whether to continue applying for federal aid for the national free and reduced-price lunch program. “We feel very strongly that we can continue to offer a nutritious meal while at the …

A Fostoria man was sentenced to a three-year prison term Thursday in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court for gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony, involving a young girl. Richard F. Orr II, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge July 10 and admitted to having sexual contact with a minor younger than age 13. The victim in the case also was …

Wyandot County Museum Curator Ronald Marvin (from left) and Historical Society Board President Don Bower present a check for $1,150 to Wyandot County Vietnam Traveling Wall Foundation Director William Savidge and Treasurer Tom Eyestone. The funds were raised during the Wyandot County Archaeological and Historical Society’s picnic with veterans on July 19. The donation will be used to support Wyandot …

BUCYRUS — Wynford Local Schools sixth-graders now will be spending only three days in the Mohican School in the Out-of-Doors Inc. program. Wynford Elementary School Principal Leah Filliater said at Monday night’s board of education meeting a number of factors led to the decision that cut’s the week away from home from five days. She said it was asking a …

Owen Rothlisberger (from left), Troy Mawer and Alec Ogg pass out water to runners as they finish the Upper Sandusky Icebreaker Invitational on Tuesday at Harrison Smith Park. The members of Boy Scouts Troop 125, which also included Seth Mawer and Seth Rothlisberger, volunteered for the job.

Employees of the local M-Tek plant have given management a big reason to be happy. The Upper Sandusky outfit has gone 2 million hours without a lost-time injury, a feat never before reached by the plant. “It’s a tribute to the associates, both hourly and salary, for their commitment to themselves and each other to create and work in a …

SYCAMORE — A man was injured in a motorcycle accident Tuesday evening on Ohio 103. Jay Reinhart, 21, of Carey, was traveling east on Ohio 103 at 4:37 p.m. when he lost control of his 2014 Star on a curve and overturned onto his bike’s left side, according to a report by Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office. Reinhart was transported by …

CAREY — A rural Carey man was transferred from Wyandot Memorial Hospital to an undisclosed medical facility after sustaining incapacitating injuries in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on CH 106 north of CH 4 near Carey. Andrew J. Steinmetz, 37, was traveling northbound on CH 106 when he lost control of the 1991 Mercury Cougar he was driving, drove off …