CAREY — Looking to purchase a new truck to be used for utility work and emergency purposes, Carey Village Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation to purchase a 2015 F-450 4x4.

Construction began Monday in front of the Wyandot County Courthouse. “We’ve been wanting to fix the crumbling curbs for a while now,” Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger said. “We decided to get a two for one and replace the sidewalk near the front entrance as well.”

Over the weekend, Wagner Ford in Carey fell victim to a breaking and entering with tens of thousands of dollars of equipment stolen, including a large amount of employees’ personally-owned tools. Pictured above, a white 2014 Ford F-150 4×4, was stolen from the Wagner lot and may have Ohio registration GDD3465. Call the Carey Police Department at 419-396-7678 with any …

If all goes well, Upper Sandusky should have the new fire truck in town in time for the Home for the Holidays parade. Upper Sandusky Fire Chief Lynn Yeater reported during Monday’s safety committee meeting that the department had made a $100,000 down payment for the recently purchased 2012 Pierce 100-foot SkyArm Arrow XT ladder truck.

Wade Vaughn and Gary Walter have been nominated in Local Administrative Area 2 in Wyandot County to serve as a committee member. LAA 2 consists of Crane, Eden, Richland and Salem townships. Ballots were mailed Monday and must be returned to the Wyandot County FSA Office by Dec. 4.

The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced that over $9.6 billion in payments will be made to producers through the Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage and Conservation Reserve programs.

COLUMBUS (AP) — High-profile statewide measures on crime victims’ rights and prescription drug prices will be decided Tuesday in Ohio, along with local elections including mayoral races in three of the state’s four largest cities. The two highly publicized state issues highlight ballots with myriad local races for leadership of the state’s cities, townships and villages. There are intraparty Democratic …

SYCAMORE — Mohawk Local Schools are closed today following widespread loss of power in the Sycamore area following Sunday’s heavy storms. A traffic alert reported that the outage was due to 12 electric poles being blown down along Ohio 587 between McCutchenville and New Regal.

Upper Sandusky Middle School students (back, from left) Ethan Collins, Ben Blankenship; (front) Joe Hoy and Cassidy Conrad participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Upper Sandusky lost a pillar of its community just over two weeks ago with the sudden passing of Robert “Robby” Lee on Oct. 13. Lee, 70, was known for always putting others first and also for his meticulous organizational skills.