Fran DeWine, wife of gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine, visited Wyandot County Monday for a tour of the Wyandot County Courthouse.

The Riverdale girls soccer team won the championship in the Bowling Green-Otsego preseason tournament.

New playground equipment at South Elementary School in Upper Sandusky was installed within the last month. The handicap-accessible equipment was part of a year-long fundraising project by the South School Parent Team, which raised over $33,000 with the help of many local charitable organizations. Handicap-accessible playground equipment also is planned for Bicentennial Park thanks to a grant for the Upper …

Geophysicist Ryan North returned to Upper Sandusky this week to offer his assistance with the unmarked Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery. A native of Upper Sandusky, North currently resides in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

John Stewart United Methodist Church welcomed many local residents as it hosted its annual ice cream social late Thursday afternoon. Pictured are (from left) Linda Evans, Carole Parsell and Pat Cramer.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — If there was one person who regularly was seen on a basketball court while growing up, it was Sydney Holderman. Growing up as the daughter of Maryann Holderman — the former head girls basketball coach at Fostoria High School and head coach of the Riverdale girls basketball team from 2005-2017 — Sydney often accompanied her mother to practice.

Stefeni Wessler of Upper Sandusky Elks Lodge No. 83 presents a check for $750 to Tom Eyestone of the Veterans Heritage Foundation of Wyandot County.

COLUMBUS — New OHSAA Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass has always had a love for sports, but where that passion started, and what he learned along the way, has stuck with him to this day. On May 4, the OHSAA Board of Directors announced that Snodgrass, an Upper Sandusky native and 1973 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, would be the OHSAA’s next executive director.

Ron Boose of the Wyandot County Council on Aging had some trivia questions for the audience before the showing of “The African Queen” on Tuesday at the Star Theatre for classic movie night.

On behalf of the men and women of the Upper Sandusky Police Department, Chief Dan Ross invites the community to join in celebrating the service of former USPD K-9 Hunter. A park bench is being dedicated at 6:30 p.m. July 31, 2018, on the front lawn of the Upper Sandusky Safety Building in honor of Hunter’s service to the community.