SYCAMORE — The First National Bank of Sycamore hosted one of the area’s most distinguished military veterans Tuesday afternoon for its annual shareholder meeting at the Sycamore Community Center. Mark Scheid, a Mohawk High School graduate, retired from the U.S. Army in 2006 at the rank of brigadier general.

As the senior night for Upper Sandusky girls basketball players Alivia Oney, Madison McLaughlin and Alexis Fogle, Feb. 12’s matchup between Upper Sandusky and Shelby was already going to be memorable. The Shelby girls basketball team won’t soon forget it either.

BUCYRUS — With a roster that includes five freshmen and no seniors among just 10 players altogether, Ridgedale has had a lot to learn this season. The Rockets showed they are catching on Tuesday night with a 48-43 come-from-behind victory against Wynford at W.R. Donnenwirth Gymnasium.

Union Elementary first-grade students gave a presentation on work they have been doing during Monday night’s Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District meeting at Union School. The school’s first-grade classes got a grant to work with the creative theater group Catco from Columbus. They will put on a performance at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Union auditorium.

A towing truck from TommyBoy Towing pulled into the south edge of the KFC/Marathon parking lot Monday afternoon in Upper Sandusky with the area behind its battery on fire.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky edged Mohawk 49-46 in the championship game of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference eighth grade boys basketball tournament Saturday at Wynford. Keagan Iles led the Rams (16-1) with 18 points, followed by Levi Lamb with 11 points.

DEFIANCE — Upper Sandusky qualified 13 different swimmers in 17 events for districts, broke numerous school records and won the boys championship during sectional competition Saturday at Ayersville. Abbey Wenger, Kami Swartz, Katie Conley, Cali Andres, Trever Daughenbaugh, Will Barnes and Quin Voorhees all qualified to swim at Bowling Green on Friday in individual district events as well as relays, and Maya Collins, Addison Byrne, Brody Williams, Gage Frey and Jacob Newsome join them in relays.

SYCAMORE — Upper Sandusky did not have it on offense on Saturday afternoon, but it did enough on defense to hold off Mohawk 38-32 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game at Mohawk. The Rams used a 7-0 run at the end of the third though the start of the fourth quarter to take control after the Warriors tied the score, and that was enough.

The 911 system in Wyandot County has undergone some important changes over the last two months and there are more changes coming. Wyandot County Sheriff Hetzel has announced that his staff of dispatchers are using a new software program to rapidly evaluate medical calls and provide instructions to callers.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk boys basketball team’s defense started as a man-to-man defense, then shifted to a zone in the half court. Then, as planned, the Warriors pressed, switching from a diamond press to a 2-2-1.