Harpster UMC Sunday, penny mission, collecting note tablets and pens for outreach.

SYCAMORE — Government volunteers helped empty out a Mexico home in rural Sycamore Tuesday in advance of some much-needed repairs. Marilyn Jenkins experienced a house fire the early morning of Jan. 11, 2017, caused by her woodburning stove.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk Superintendent Ken Ratliff announced his upcoming retirement at Monday’s Mohawk Board of Education meeting.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore village council voted on a pair of ordinances during its meeting Tuesday. A third reading of an ordinance to raise water and sewer rates was held and approved unanimously, with council voting to waive the 30 days waiting period.

The nomination period for local Farm Service Agency county committees begins Friday. It is important for county committees to reflect America's diversity.

Randi M. Ostry, a lawyer who works with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on drug abuse prevention education, spoke Tuesday morning at the Mayor’s Breakfast, which was held at Senior Connection in downtown Upper Sandusky.

Many members of the Carey Blue Devils Marching Band performed during a community concert that was held at 6 p.m. Monday at the Dorcas Carey Public Library.

The Upper Sandusky Park Board heard from residents during its meeting on Monday. Jane Bell, an Upper Sandusky resident who lives near Bicentennial Park, complained about the lights from the basketball courts shining downhill into her living room.

CAREY — Carey Exempted Village School District Board of Education members on Monday voted unanimously to approve the administrative contract of Carey High School Principal Peter Cole. The administrative contract was extended from 2019 to 2024.

NEVADA — Many of the unmowed properties have been taken care of, Zoning Inspector James Snodgrass reported, but the village of Nevada still is trying figure out what it can do to address issues on other properties. Snodgrass said the Wyandot County Health Department said it is unable to help except if a property has rubber tires in the yard because that creates a mosquito hazard.