Partners of United Way were thanked Thursday at the Celebrate United! annual recognition luncheon at Fairhaven Community. United Way of Wyandot County Advisory Council Chair Kurt Kimmel welcomed all attendees and stressed the importance of giving.

Soon programs at the Upper Sandusky Community Library will be held in a community room/basement free of construction. The Upper Sandusky Community Library board held its May meeting after a month’s hiatus in April, and, Library Director Kathleen Whitt announced that work was expected to be finished early next week. The project, which started in mid-April, is repairing water damage.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced updates for construction projects happening around Wyandot County the week of May 13. Work is dependent upon weather conditions, and unless otherwise noted, will take place during daytime hours.

An officer investigated a driverless truck striking another vehicle at the reservoir the afternoon of May 5. The vehicle still was running when the officer arrived at the scene and the officer was able to put the vehicle in park. Photos of the crash were taken and contact was made with the owner, who was on a boat fishing, to collect insurance information.

The Star Theatre’s presentation of “9 to 5: The Musical” opens Friday, with show times at 7:30 p.m. May 10, 11, 17 and 18 and 2 p.m. May 12. Tickets are $15 for nonmembers and $12 for members.

In the Ritz Players musical drama, Next to Normal, Diana Goodman, played by Mimi Johnston (left), has decided to leave home for awhile to “find herself” and she informs her husband, Dan, played by Dustin Rawlins (seated), of her decision.

Upper Sandusky High School students were given a tour of Wyandot Memorial Hospital Wednesday as part of Ohio In-Demand Jobs Week. Wyandot Memorial Hospital Vice President of Operations and Quality Valerie Schalk, RN, BSN, led three groups of students on tours of the facility throughout the day with a goal of showing the students potential jobs available in the health care field, including jobs the students don’t typically associate with health care.

Students in Graham Treadway’s local historical studies class were given a tour of the Wyandot County Courthouse Tuesday by Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger (left).

A dog was injured and a rural Upper Sandusky man was arrested following a domestic incident at which a responding deputy of the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office discharged his weapon early Wednesday morning. A Wyandot County Sheriff’s report states officers were dispatched to a residence on the 5000 block of Ohio 53 at 4:10 a.m. for a male who had been bitten on the face by a dog. The situation evolved into a domestic case when dispatchers were advised the dog’s owner and his father had gotten into a fight.

Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Intl. will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at Upper Sandusky’s First Lutheran Church. A speaker will talk about Girls ROX: Girl Empowerment in the Upper Sandusky Middle School.