Justeen Searfoss shops at Practically Perfect in Upper Sandusky before the start of the Ohio State-Michigan game during Small Business Saturday. An annual tradition, Small Business Saturday encourages shoppers to shop locally, which will keep money in the local economy and support local businesses and communities.

The village of Sycamore has two more EMTs. Sycamore Fire Chief Rodney Clinger swore in Brittany Dayton and Kevin Kozel as EMTs Tuesday evening at the Sycamore Village Council meeting.

Chad Sowers (above) and John Holman of Bill Sowers Tree Service & Nursery help wrap the trees in front of the Wyandot County Courthouse in Christmas lights on Tuesday afternoon.

The finished product for the Wyandot County Courthouse reveals strings of green and white lights around both tall pine trees. Bill Sowers Tree Service & Nursery helped with the right pine and Duane and Brian Frey of CSI Construction helped place the lights on the left tree.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Local Schools Board of Education expressed its support for Ohio Senate Bill 216, the “deregulation bill,” during Monday night’s board meeting. Riverdale Superintendent Jeff Young informed the board of the bill, known as the Ohio Public School Deregulation Act.

2018 Reporting of Fall Seeded Crops All producers are reminded that the acreage reporting date for fall seeded crops has changed and the acreage reporting date is Dec. 15.

The cookbook discussion group What’s Cookin’? held its monthly meeting Monday evening at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. The theme of the meeting was Thanksgiving leftovers and attendees were encouraged to make a new dish out of their leftovers from Thanksgiving for a potluck-style meal.

Upper Sandusky eighth graders posed in front of the Capitol building during their recent trip to Washington.

Wyandot County Commissioners Bill Clinger and Steven Seitz and members of the Upper Sandusky Fantasy of Lights committee including Janice Woods, Irv Woods, Sharon McCarthy, Deb Sturgeon, JoAnn Adams-Moll, Linda Debolt, Larry Ratliff and Pat Althouse met Sunday afternoon at the former EMS building to prepare several strings of green and white lights for the Upper Sandusky Courthouse lawn.

A pair of juveniles led the Upper Sandusky police on a high speed chase in excess of 100 mph early Sunday morning. The police report states an officer observed a vehicle without working tail lights at the intersection of East Wyandot Avenue and North Eighth Street.