Upper Sandusky residents and business owners will see a steady increase in their sewer rates for at least the next two years. City Council on Monday night unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance to increase the rates by $1 each year through 2019.

LAS VEGAS — Grace Searls and her mother, Kathy VanHorn, won national championships at the Special Olympics National Unified Bowling Tournament last week at the South Point Bowling Center.

Bob Beitler receives the Lifetime Service Award from the Forest Community Improvement Corporation for his volunteer work in the community and his dedication to Forest.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — After all of its late-game shenanigans this season, it was fitting that Riverdale withstood a serious fourth-quarter push to hold off Carey, 62-59, in a non-league game on the final day of the girls basketball season.

Rosie Jordan doesn’t get out much, but the 85-year-old Upper Sandusky resident went on the most talked about date in Wyandot County on Friday, with a little help from four local businesses. Jordan’s post-Valentine’s Day dinner date with Daily Chief-Union staff writer Avery T. Jennings capped off the newspaper’s first Win a Date contest.

New capabilities now are available to businesses located in the Columbus-Toledo Midway Industrial Park on the northeast side of Upper Sandusky. AT&T officially recognized the business park as being fiber ready Friday in the Upper Sandusky council chambers.

BOWLING GREEN — Friday’s Division II district meet at Bowling Green State University’s Cooper Natatorium was the conclusion to a season that brought the Upper Sandusky swim team along another step but not quite to where they hope to be. The Rams scored points in 10 different events but did not place high enough to place on the podium or advance to state in any events. However, with every participating swimmer a junior or younger, there is much to look forward to.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky has plenty of reasons to be happy. The Rams made a school-record 21 3-pointers Friday in a 96-56 win at Wynford. They improved to 21-0 and extended their regular-season win streak to 44 games. They clinched the Northern 10 Athletic Conference outright. Jevon Dible tied a Jon Diebler record with 11 3s and netted a career-high 35 points. And the Rams did it without their head coach.

Local officials and Veterans Heritage Foundation members met Thursday to discuss the beginning of a project to restore gravestones of Wyandot County veterans to their original state. The three Wyandot County commissioners, former commissioner Mike Wheeler, County Highway Superintendent Dave Courtad, Salem Township Trustee Ken Derr, foundation Director William Savidge, foundation Treasurer Tom Eyestone and foundation members Ben Morris and Jim Sharrett met at Inman Cemetery to discuss the best way to restore the gravesite of Reuben Inman.