It was a sea of red and green as the Wyandot County Council on Aging celebrated Christmas in July Thursday afternoon with a special Christmas-themed lunch in Upper Sandusky. Attendees enjoyed turkey cranberry sliders and frozen hot chocolate as well as unique shortbread Christmas cookies from Neumeisters, which were decorated by Mandy Baldwin and Amy Gardner to look like Santa buried in sand at the beach.

Wednesdays and Saturdays May through October bring a fresh twist to Wyandot County at the Wyandot County farmers market held at Harrison Smith Park in Upper Sandusky. Market Master Becky Krock, said the farmers market first started Aug. 8, 1992, and until the 2012 season was held at the Wyandot County Fair Grounds.

The American Red Cross was at Elks Lodge No. 83 Wednesday collecting blood donations. There is currently a blood emergency and the Red Cross was hoping to collect 63 pints Wednesday at the Elks, which organizers said was likely met.

To teach children about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and have fun in the process, the Wyandot Memorial Health SportsCare program hosted the Mighty Ram Camp on Wednesday at the Upper Sandusky High School Athletic Complex and practice football field.

BUCYRUS — It wasn’t easy for Brent Konkle to bid farewell to the only school district he attended and worked for. Konkle graduated from Mohawk High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball. Years later, he taught in the Mohawk Local School District for 22 years and served as an assistant junior high athletic director for five years.

The legal process for the break-in and theft of guns at Wyandot Firearms in Upper Sandusky on July 14, 2018, reached its conclusion Tuesday as the final defendant in the case was sentenced. Joseph M. O’Neil, 18, Marion, pleaded guilty to attempted theft of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms distributor, a second-degree felony, and breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, on May 30.

BUCYRUS — It wasn’t easy for Brent Konkle to bid farewell to the only school district he attended and worked for. Konkle graduated from Mohawk High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball. Years later, he taught in the Mohawk Local School District for 22 years and served as an assistant junior high athletic director for five years.

A rural Nevada man was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Monday morning on TH 136 after floodwaters washed out a portion of the road, Wyandot County Sheriff Michael Hetzel said. Jonathon K. Miller, age 29, was a passenger in a 1998 Chevrolet truck driven by Anthony C. Moler, age 29, of Sycamore. The two were southbound on TH 136 after 1 a.m. Monday when Moler struck an area of roadway washed away by floodwaters from heavy rain Sunday.

Parents have been telling their children to sleep tight and “don’t let the bedbugs bite” for years, and until the last few decades, children could sleep soundly, as bed bug populations were not an issue in the United States. Jeffrey Ritchey, director of environmental health at the Wyandot County Health District explained that bedbugs were almost completely eradicated in the United States thanks to the chemical DDT. However, use of DDT was discontinued after it was found to also have harmful effects on wildlife and the environment. With increased tourism to countries where bedbugs were not, for the most part, eradicated, the tiny bloodsucking bugs that creep and crawl at night made their way back to the United States in the late 1990s, he said.

The Riverdale Community Lions Golf Scramble was held Saturday at Lincoln Hills Golf Course in Upper Sandusky. This year, 15 teams and 60 golfers played in extreme heat conditions, split cash prizes and won individual contests.