Walker Gottfried, who with his father and brother operate Ohio Family Farms of Upper Sandusky, was a panelist during the BASF-sponsored Science Behind event held in Orlando, Florida, the day before the opening of the 2019 Commodity Classic last week.

For the 16th consecutive year, Developmental Disability Awareness Month was celebrated by giving a Wyandot County authority figure a simulated disability for the day. This year’s participant was new Upper Sandusky High School Principal Tasha Stanton.

Plumes of smoke poured out of the southwest corner of a home on the 300 block of West 10th Street in Sycamore at about 10:30 p.m. Friday. The Sycamore Volunteer Fire Department requested mutual aid after confirmation of visual flames at the location and vehicles from the Wyandot East and Upper Sandusky fire departments responded as well as the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

Keeping election results safe is a national issue, and the Wyandot County Board of Elections took a big step to make the county’s elections more secure this week by approving the purchase of new voting machines. The county’s current voting machines are over 12 years old and debuted in 2006.

That dreaded day of the year is here once more — daylight saving time. Sunday at 1:59 a.m. we’ll say goodbye to standard time until Nov. 3 and hello to 3 a.m., and difficulty waking up and falling asleep.

One of the first things to come to mind when thinking about riding a bicycle in traffic is the danger associated with it, but at a Cycling Savvy course Thursday, local biking enthusiasts learned the ins and outs of safely navigating the road on two wheels.

SYCAMORE —The Sycamore parks committee discussed projects planned for the parks this summer and a potential park event during a meeting Thursday. Sycamore Mayor Vicki Weininger said membership, admission and pool parties will be the same price for 2019, although there are plans to raise some prices on concessions.

Bill Parker, Smithville, takes a closer look at a vial of fentanyl Wednesday during the men’s Lenten Luncheon held at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Starting off week one, Wyandot County’s Major Crimes Unit spoke about how to identify the different forms of drugs found within the community.

The County Engineer’s office reported a “rash” of stolen road signs in the northeast part of Wyandot County. Assistant Engineer Terry Wright said that “around seven or eight” signs were stolen the week of Feb. 18 and included a weight limit sign at CH 37 and CH 16, a 5 ton weight limit sign on TH 40 near the Parker Covered Bridge, a stop sign at TH 103 and CH 64, and a curve ahead sign at CH 37 north of TH40.

In celebration of its first year milestone, Upper Sandusky DaVita Dialysis, 111 Tarhe Trail, in Upper Sandusky, hosted an open house Feb. 28 to raise awareness within the community of kidney disease. The center hosts eight chairs for patients and is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday in two different shifts, offering patients in Wyandot County a close-to-home treatment option.