The Wyandot County Public Health Department was recently awarded $25,000 in federal traffic safety funding by the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office to conduct Safe Communities Grant activities. Funding from the Safe Communities Grant is used to conduct education and awareness campaigns related to motorcycle safety, impaired driving, seat belt usage and distracted driving. The monies also assist the health department in monitoring traffic fatalities that occur in Wyandot County, and in partnering with local and state law enforcement agencies to facilitate coalition building among local agencies and businesses.

This year’s Mohawk homecoming game is Friday against Colonel Crawford. Homecoming festivities begin at 6:15 p.m. The crowning ceremony begins around 6:30 p.m. The homecoming dance is 8-11 p.m. Oct. 5 at the MCI building.

Day one of a jury trial in the State of Ohio vs. Aaron J. Schatzinger took place Wednesday in the Wyandot County Courthouse. Schatzinger, 41, of Tiffin, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, corrupting another with drugs, a second-degree felony, drug abuse (possession of heroin), a fifth-degree felony, and permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony, in relation to the overdose death of Candace Schatzinger on Dec. 20, 2017.

BUCYRUS — The Bucyrus District will lead a week long crash reduction effort that will commence Oct. 7 and end Oct. 11. The detail will include troopers from the Bucyrus, Marion and Mansfield Posts, as well as the patrol’s Aviation and Commercial Enforcement Unit.

An officer was dispatched to a parking issue on the 400 block of North Seventh Street the morning of Oct. 2. The vehicle’s owner agreed to move the vehicle. Hellowee A. Parsell, Upper Sandusky, was cited for speed on Third Street near East Walker Street the morning of Oct. 2.

SYCAMORE — Dawn Riedel couldn’t stay retired. Just 1 1/2 years after closing her original Something Special store in Tiffin, Riedel celebrated the recent opening of Something Special II with a ribbon cutting ceremony in downtown Sycamore on Tuesday morning.

CAREY — The First Citizens National Bank recently announced the installation of an ATM inside the Carey Ace Hardware store, 1201 E. Findlay St., Carey. The new ATM is conveniently located directly inside the store and will be accessible during store hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, and will offer cash withdrawals and balance inquires.

SYCAMORE — First National Bank of Sycamore has hired Sarah Johnson as financial services manager and universal banker. “We are very excited to have Sarah join our team,” President Dean Keller said.

An Upper Sandusky man was transported via medical helicopter after a two-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle Monday morning in Upper Sandusky. According to a police report, Dylan Neff, 27, of Upper Sandusky, was traveling westbound on a Harley Davidson motorcycle on East Wyandot Avenue at 6:29 a.m. at an estimated 40 mph, when Aaron Stansbery, 24, of Upper Sandusky, who was traveling eastbound on East Wyandot Avenue in a 1997 Honda Civic, turned left into the Pilot station in front of him, causing a collision.

Former Wyandot County Commissioner Mike Wheeler spoke to U.S. Community Outreach, a nonprofit adult education program run through the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District, Tuesday evening at the Upper Sandusky High School Library about an ongoing effort to restore veterans’ graves around the county.