New cases filed Certificate of judgment: Discover Bank, New Albany, judgment creditor, vs. Kasey M. Haller, 14635 TH 58, Upper Sandusky, judgment debtor.

Kenneth Adelbert Niederkohr deceased to Tami Irene Niederkohr, 1/2 interest in 5 acres in Crane Township. Highley F. Caldwell deceased to Charlotte J. Penwell, 1/2 interest in 1.16 acres in Salem Township.

Bradley Keith Eaton, 42, 706 S. Seventh St., Upper Sandusky, diesel mechanic; and Rena Lynne Van Horn, 45, 706 S. Seventh St., Upper Sandusky, cigarette stamper, April 13. Jeremy Joseph Briggs, 40, 17305 CH 113, Harpster, mechanic; and Tessa Rae Clark-Briggs, 35, 17305 CH 113, Harpster, sales, April 14.

Multiple schools in small rural communities struggle to maintain classes and organizations that deal with the arts alive as they seem to be the first items cut if money ever becomes a problem. Two local school communities have proven themselves as not only districts able to maintain music programs in their schools, but also be one of the top programs at what they do.

Four others have been charged in a Wyandot County underage drinking case in which sheriff’s deputies found a 17-year-old boy drunken and passed out at an April 13 party. Lia G. Arnold of Harpster and Madison M. Casey of Sycamore, both 18, and Derek A. Clark of Upper Sandusky and Carson J. Mittermaier of Wharton, both 19, are charged with offenses involving an underage individual, a first-degree misdemeanor, Upper Sandusky Municipal Court records show.

Dr. Kyle Park was appointed to the Wyandot Memorial Hospital Board of Governors by the Joint Township Hospital District Board of Trustees to represent the community at-large. He fills a seat vacated last year by Dr. N. Scott Cisar, who served on the board for 33 years, and meets the requirement of having a physician among its membership.

SYCAMORE — Wyandot County sheriff’s deputies recovered 13 marijuana plants from a Sycamore barn in the waning hours of “4/20” after a surprised caller stumbled on a grow operation on the edge of his backyard. April 20, sometimes known as Weed Day, is an annual celebration of marijuana, as the number 420 (also 4/20, 4:20; pronounced four-twenty) is a common code associated with the smokable plant.

Wyandot County Council on Aging thanked its volunteers with a free breakfast at the Senior Connection in Upper Sandusky on Thursday morning.

BUCYRUS — Wynford High School already is reaping the benefits of the energy savings created through its House Bill 264 project, Superintendent Fred Fox said at Thursday evening’s school board meeting. From December through March, the building’s kilowatt hour production was reduced 80 percent, resulting in a savings of close to $12,000.

Matthew R. Giesey, Fostoria, was arrested on a warrant out of Wyandot County Juvenile Court the night of April 8 for community control violations. Mark A. Radford, address unknown, was arrested for no operator’s license and cited for speed on U.S. 23 near Ohio 199 North the night of April 8.