Independence Day festivities will soon be taking place around the county. The Sycamore fireworks are 10 p.m. today at the American Legion Field in Sycamore. The rain date is 10 p.m. Sunday.

Due to a lack of business, Upper Sandusky’s Planning Commission meeting for Monday has been canceled.

UAW Local No. 10333 Retiree’s July meeting, is 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Room Restaurant in Kirby.

Upper Sandusky’s girls basketball camp’s seventh and eighth grade participants took a group photo. The theme for this year’s camp was Win as One/#Inside Numbers.

Upper Sandusky girls basketball camp was held this past week at the high school with 46 girls taking part, including girls in fourth through sixth grades (above).

FINDLAY — Anyone interested in learning about hunting or who would like to know more about public hunting opportunities in northwest Ohio is encouraged to attend a free informational program July 15, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

At Thursday’s Thursday Evenings At The Museum, a packed room heard a story of World War II resilience that few will read in history books. Wyandot County Historical Society board member Bonnie Eyestone spoke to attendees at the Wyandot County Museum about the capture and rescue of American Nurses in WWII Europe.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — After 21 years of teaching full-time at Riverdale Local Schools, and 20 years of substitute teaching before that, Carol Riegle is saying “goodbye” to education and starting a new adventure — retirement. Riegle graduated from Bluffton College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics education. She explained that she chose education because she liked helping students become successful.

The Wyandot County Commissioners met Thursday with the county’s dog warden, Andy Niederkohr at the Wyandot County dog shelter to address recent complaints about conditions at the shelter, which is connected to a barn. “The barn itself, for an old barn, is in pretty good shape,” Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger said.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced that the Ohio 67/Ohio 231 overlap over Sycamore Creek, between Kilborn Street and Ohio 231, within the village of Sycamore, is open early following a bridge rehabilitation project.