Employees of McKenzie Concrete Inc. of Shelby pour concrete to form the new handicap accessible ramp at the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday morning after multiple days of rain delayed the project.

Potential algae blooms at two locations in the Sandusky River are believed to consist of green algae and testing did not detect toxins, county environmental health director Jeff Ritchey told the health board Wednesday.

Both the former Woody’s Restaurant and Pamida building on the northwest side of Upper Sandusky have been demolished and crews are working there on the new Love’s Travel Center.

Solomon Brown (front, center), 5, and Hailey Brown (front, right), 9, cross North Third Street with their mother, Christine Brown, on their way to the first day of the 2016-17 academic year at East Elementary School this morning.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners and Wyandot County Office of Economic Development executive director Greg Moon toured Wyandot Tractor on Monday.

Artists from Art Connections stand with their creations that was for sale at the Artisans at the Inn event hosted at the Overland Inn in McCutchenville on Saturday. Despite the threat of thunderstorms, artists and art lovers came to the inn to enjoy work from local vendors including paintings, woodworking, stone engravings and more.

Carter Walton (center), 8, scores big points in the toilet paper roll toss during Friday’s family fun festival sponsored by the Mohawk Community Library in conjunction with area youth and service groups.

Residents of the Upper Sandusky area joined with visitors traveling from throughout the Ohio region to stop at the Lincoln Highway BuyWay yard sales Thursday and Friday. Many BuyWay and Upper Sandusky community garage sales continue today.

Carey students (from left) Sarah Goble, 12th grade, Blake Mangett, third grade, Lily Arredondo, 11th grade, Catelina Luzader, fifth grade, Hannah Coldiron, ninth grade, Landon Miller, first grade, Alex Ricker, sixth grade, and Alayna DeAmicis, seventh grade, cut a ribbon symbolizing the opening the new Carey school building during the district’s dedication ceremony July 31.

In Salem Township, a few country churches remain standing but they are fighting the battle of time. For some of the churches on record there are no skeletons that remain and the earth has erased the memory of their existence. There are others that emerged and vanished without a trace. North Salem Lutheran Church, 12237 TH 44, was built in 1872 and saw its last service in January.