The Daily Chief-Union is proud to announce Upper Sandusky native Michelle Swinehart as its office manager. She has been with the Daily Chief-Union for more than 20 years and has worked in several different positions within the circulation, production and advertising departments.

A rock is placed at the corner of the Wyandot County Courthouse lawn Wednesday in one of the first visible steps of the courthouse corner project started by Janice Woods and designed by Gary Richards.

A Fostoria woman was traveling northbound on Ohio 53 near CH 16 when she struck a deer that entered the roadway, causing disabling damage the night of June 11.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale High School received news as sweet as honey Thursday. The school is the recipient of a grant from the Ohio State Beekeeping Association with the help of Hardin County Bee Inspector Sonny Ward.

The Robby Lee Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will return to Bicentennial Park in Upper Sandusky for its second year June 22. Tournament organizer Cory Miller, a 2016 graduate of Upper Sandusky, said he hopes for the event to be bigger and better than ever.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently released an update of highway construction scheduled to occur within Wyandot County the week of June 17. Work is dependent upon weather conditions. U.S. 23 over Tymochtee Creek, just north of TH 103, will be restricted to one lane in each direction for a bridge rehabilitation project. The project also includes resurfacing of U.S. 23 between CH 97 and the U.S. 30 interchange, north of Upper Sandusky. Lane restrictions are possible within the entire work zone for work done in preparation for resurfacing. A width restriction of 15.5 feet is in place within the work zone.

The Safe Communities Coalition reported that May was officially the single worst month for traffic fatalities in Wyandot County over the last 10 years. Jeff Ritchey, of the Coalition, said there were four separate fatal traffic accidents claiming five lives in Wyandot County.

New Upper Sandusky doughnut shop Glazed Over had its grand opening Thursday morning. The Wyandot Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting.

FOREST — Plans to build a splash park at Gormley Park in Forest appear to be taking steps forward financially, but the brakes have been touched on the project politically.

FOREST — The owner of a Forest restaurant continued to express her concerns about the negative perception the town has developed. On Wednesday, Jerrie Whitling, owner of the Crazy Lady’s Restaurant and Bar, shared with the Forest CIC her issues with the reputation the village has gotten in the first six months of the year. Whitling said her alcohol sales have declined for the first half of 2019 and she has noticed the comments of her patrons have indicated a concept that the town’s business community is being impacted by the local police force.