COLUMBUS — Only a few runners at Carey High School have qualified as individuals for the cross country state meet during the tenure of coach Dean Kessler. Carey’s Sarah Reinhart is the third freshman to qualify as an individual and will be running in the Division III girls race at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at National Trail Raceway in Hebron.

COLUMBUS — Riverdale senior Kendra Collier isn’t nervous to run at the state meet Saturday at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. Collier, the first Riverdale runner to compete at the state competition since 2001 and the first female since the early 1980s, also is the first runner in the tenure of coach Kim Rall to qualify for state.

Upper Sandusky was visited Tuesday by candidate for lieutenant governor and current Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. Husted is running with current Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on the Republican ticket in a tight gubernatorial race against Democrats Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton.

COLUMBUS GROVE — Statistically, Carey and Columbus Grove look a lot alike. The Division VI Region 22 No. 5 Blue Devils and No. 4 Bulldogs both have 7-3 records. Led by big offensive lines, both teams have run for more yards than they have passed for but have taken to the air effectively when they do.

The Upper Sandusky Community Library held a special open house during its operating hours Monday to debut its new Adventure Central program. Adventure Central allows anyone with a USCL library card to check out unorthodox items from the library ranging from telescopes, musical instruments, metal detectors, sewing machines and more.

Winners of the costume contest at the Sycamore Fire House were announced on Saturday.

SYCAMORE — Heading into Friday night, the Mohawk football team needed a victory to secure its first outright Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship and the top seed in the region heading into the high school playoffs. Mission accomplished.

The Wyandot County Council on Aging hosted a pumpkin carving party Thursday with the Daily Chief-Union’s Brian Hemminger. Over a dozen pumpkins, big and small, were carved with designs ranging from smiling faces to black cats, bats, ghosts, skulls and more. Several of the finished products remain on the front ledge of Senior Connection in downtown Upper Sandusky. Submitted photo

Many area residents dressed up in various costumes and competed in the annual Upper Sandusky Halloween parade.

The Wyandot Classics and Cruisers made a massive $25,500 donation to Hospice of Wyandot County following a banquet Thursday evening at Fairhaven Community. The money was raised from the 2018 Autumn Cruise in Upper Sandusky.