NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Clouse Construction Corp., a general contractor in New Riegel, has reached the $35 million sales level with Butler Manufacturing, which provides design-build construction solutions and building technology to the nonresidential market.

A stretch of South Sandusky Avenue now is Bess Blvd. After 11 years with a license to sell, Monica Bess opened her own brokerage last year. The former Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce director celebrated her 40th birthday and the first spring in her new location at 233 S. Sandusky Ave. on Friday.

Award-winning children’s book writer and illustrator David Catrow talks to more than 100 people Wednesday evening at Upper Sandusky Community Library.

KIRBY — Kirby Village Council announced the village’s 11th annual community clean-up day during its meeting Tuesday evening. The clean-up day is set for May 13.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services celebrates children each year with blue pinwheels on the county courthouse lawn. There are 389 pinwheels lining the lawn this month.

Eight members of Boy Scout Troop No. 125 in Upper Sandusky will head to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico this summer and they need your help to get there. Each scout ages 14-17 needs $1,650 to go on the trip and the troop is raising funds to help offset the cost.

A caller reported two loose cows were on the roadway on TH 79 north of CH 42, Crawford Township, the night of March 23. A juvenile was transported to Windsor Laurelwood Behavioral Facility, Willoughby, the morning of March 24.

COLUMBUS — Nate Bair of Upper Sandusky is one of 24 farmers and agribusiness professionals who recently graduated from Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s AgriPOWER Leadership Institute Class VIII. The intensive, yearlong training program helps participants become effective community leaders and advocates for agriculture.

WASHINGTON — The American Soybean Association welcomed news from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the agency would deny a petition to remove the crop protection tool chlorpyrifos from the market. ASA President and Roseville, Illinois., soybean farmer Ron Moore issued a statement highlighting the science-based nature of EPA’s action and calling on EPA to continue on such a path when reviewing future traits.

Organic Producers and Handlers May Apply for Certification Cost Share Reimbursements; Expanded Eligibility for Transition and State Certification Cost As of March 20, organic producers and handlers are able to visit more than 2,100 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic or transitional certification.