KENTON — Rick Hudgel has been appointed international exchange coordinator with EF High School Exchange Year, a leader in high school exchange. He is joining longtime IECs George and Barb Wyndham, of Kenton, in working with international high school students with host families living in Hardin and Wyandot counties.

Fran DeWine, wife of gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine, visited Wyandot County Monday for a tour of the Wyandot County Courthouse.

The What’s Cookin’ cookbook discussion group invited attendees to bring food with red, white and blue ingredients for its July meeting Monday at the Upper Sandusky Community Library.

SYCAMORE — Agriculture is ramping up efforts to bridge the growing divide between food and the people eating it and there are few more ambitious or creative efforts than Acres of Adventure near Bucyrus.

KENTON — A manure science review is being held Wednesday near Forest in Hardin County. Registration for the statewide event is $30 per person and may be paid at the door. Breakfast and lunch is included with the registration fee.

New playground equipment at South Elementary School in Upper Sandusky was installed within the last month. The handicap-accessible equipment was part of a year-long fundraising project by the South School Parent Team, which raised over $33,000 with the help of many local charitable organizations. Handicap-accessible playground equipment also is planned for Bicentennial Park thanks to a grant for the Upper …

MEDINA (AP) — Police in Ohio are searching for a jail inmate who jumped out of the back of an ambulance. The Medina County Sheriff’s Department says 22-year-old Joshua Bragg was at Cleveland Clinic-Medina Hospital Sunday evening when he unbuckled himself from an ambulance and ran away. Authorities say Bragg was on medical furlough at the time, but they have …

Hayden L. Kinney, Marion, charged by the police with two counts of petty theft, pretrial held, continued to July 30. Dustin W. Lanagan, Carey, charged by the Carey police with three counts of petty theft, resisting arrest and obstruction of official business, pretrial held and continued to July 30.

Certificate of judgment: Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. George E. Cunningham, 5814 CH 62, Upper Sandusky, judgment debtor. Certificate of judgment: Hancock Federal Credit Union, Findlay, judgment creditor, vs. Alan Kuenzli, 11507 TH 133, Nevada; and James Kuenzli, 101 S. Goodbread St., Nevada, judgment debtors.

Helen L. Von Derau deceased to Roman Leo Von Derau, 3.20 acres in Mifflin Township. Deborah J. Monday to Buckeye Investments of Carey LLC, property in Carey.