USPD An officer was dispatched to assist a lost out-of-state driver on East Wyandot Avenue near Westbrook Boulevard the early morning of May 20. The officer gave the subject directions to get onto U.S. 30 eastbound.

CAREY — A new speech therapy center is coming to Carey. Speaking-Listening-Connecting Speech-Language Pathology Center will serve patients in Wyandot, Hardin, Hancock and Seneca, and will focus on a primary market of youths ages 18 months to 21 years old and adults on a case-by-case basis.

Wyandot Memorial Hospital recently recognized staff members celebrating milestone years of service in 2019, including (from left) Donna Taylor, 30 years; Joanna Wright, 25 years; Angie Harr, 30 years; Denise Orwick, 25 years; Carla Gottfried, 25 years; Valerie Schalk, 25 years; Tammie Blum, 30 years; and Dr. Byron Morales, 25 years.

DEFIANCE — First Federal Bank has welcomed Jennifer Mason as a trust officer serving clients in Lima, Delphos, Ottawa, Glandorf, Arlington, Carey, Upper Sandusky, Harpster and Marion. In her role, Mason collaborates with high net-worth individuals and their advisers to articulate their goals and needs, develops a comprehensive wealth plan, and coordinates both internal and external advisers to implement the plan. In addition, she also manages IRAs, Roth IRAs, and individual investment management accounts. Mason is part of a team of experienced local trust administration professionals who understand the intricacies of executing a well-developed estate plan.

A McCutchenville man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for attempted aggravated arson Tuesday. Daniel E. Smalley, 30, McCutchenville, was indicted on an aggravated arson charge Nov. 14, 2018, and pleaded guilty to the reduced charge on March 26. Before the sentencing, Smalley agreed to register as an arson offender.

Upper Sandusky fourth grade students helped out at the Upper Sandusky community garden Tuesday afternoon for planting day. Approximately 71 Union Elementary fourth grade students planted vegetables, pulled weeds, watered and also decorated the sides of the planting beds with chalk.

WHARTON — After multiple calls from real estate agents regarding the issue, Wharton mayor Keith Kauble annouced at Monday’s council meeting that Wharton does not have any building zoning codes. Kauble explained that members of the council looked through years of past meeting minutes and ordinances and found a mention of a zoning committee that was formed briefly but went no futher.

CAREY — A Carey man was killed Tuesday night in a pedestrian versus vehicle traffic crash in Ridge Township. The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office reports at approximately 10:02 p.m., Mikhael Weyer, 28, of Carey, was struck by a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Jeffrey Striner, 61, of Dublin.

C. Ivan Stoltzfus is driving a John Deere tractor pulling a trailer across the country in a trip called “Across America for Wounded Heroes,” which benefits Operation Second Chance, a non-profit organization based in Germantown, Maryland, that helps veterans overcome post traumatic stress disorder and other injuries.

COLUMBUS — The SCN Coalition has launched its next phase of raising awareness of how widespread soybean cyst nematode is in the U.S. but also in how many counties this pathogen is adapting to the primary source of resistance used in cultivars today, Pl 88788.