Upper Sandusky City Council thanked all the workers in the city, especially members of its street department as well as volunteers Tuesday evening at its regularly scheduled meeting. The crews worked throughout the weekend to help clear the roads in the city after heavy snowfall on Saturday.

MORRAL — Led by Alexis Fogle and Maddie McLaughlin, Upper Sandusky put together its best offensive game of the year and cruised to a 74-47 victory against Ridgedale on Wednesday night.

BUCYRUS — Against the Colonel Crawford girls basketball team on Wednesday, the Wynford girls basketball team forced 20 turnovers. And with 5:19 remaining in the fourth quarter, Savannah Tobias’ steal — a steal that came after Colonel Crawford’s Kaylyn Risner hit a put back that brought the Eagles within three points — ensured the Royals had at least a two-possession advantage the rest of the way.

SYCAMORE — Without a go-to scorer this year, the Carey girls basketball team has struggled offensively at times this year. On Tuesday night, Sadie Arend stepped up and filled that void with 18 points to lead the Blue Devils to a 44-30 victory against rival Mohawk in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game.

CAREY — During the administrative and project updates at Monday’s meeting of Carey Council, Village Administrator Roy Johnson told all in attendance that the bids for the wastewater treatment plant project are going to be opened at 2 p.m. Feb. 19.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky won big over its fellow pool mates as all three schools celebrated senior night Friday evening at the Bucyrus YMCA. The Rams girls topped Wynford 261-100, with Bucyrus scoring 76 points, while Upper Sandusky’s boys scored 130 points, with the Royals topping the Redmen 73-24 for second place.

Dick Gerber snapped a photo of a cardinal after this weekend’s winter snowstorm that dumped close to a foot of snow in the county.

A worker plowed the remnants of this weekend’s winter storm from sidewalks and parking spaces on South Sandusky Avenue on Monday morning. The city received nearly a foot of snow Saturday into early Sunday morning, causing church services to be canceled and businesses to close.

The Carey Competition Varsity Cheerleaders competed for the first time at the 10th annual Ohio Athletic Commission High School Cheerleading State Championship on Jan. 13 at Worthington Kilbourne High School and brought home a first-place trophy in the small high school on-mount intermediate level division and also won first place as the overall high point winner in the small high school division, earning state jackets and a state banner.

A Gahanna woman’s vehicle was a total loss Friday afternoon after it caught fire at a gas station in Upper Sandusky. The Upper Sandusky Fire Department received a 911 call at approximately 2:23 p.m. Friday stating a car was on fire at the Pilot gas station near the building, not the gasoline pumps.