MILLERSBURG — The public is invited to join barn enthusiasts, barn owners and maybe even a few barn “huggers” at Ohio’s only annual barn tour and conference to be held in Holmes County on April 28-29. Friday is an all-day bus tour, including lunch, visiting several century barns.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Farm Bureau had an increase in its active membership for fiscal year 2017. OFBF had an increase of 2,146 active members, bringing the total to 63,605.

CAREY — With a lawyer and a lawmaker sworn in Monday night, Carey is ready to get back to governing. Jessica Monday was appointed as village solicitor prior to a regular council meeting.

CAREY — Carey Council delayed a decision about updating its meter reading technology during a meeting Monday. The village opted instead to have Verizon Wireless personnel give a presentation at 6 p.m. May 1, prior to its next regular meeting.

WHARTON — Wharton Village Council heard from Wyandot County Commissioner Ron Metzger during its meeting Monday evening. Metzger attended the meeting to provide information on the Richland County Building Department, which handles many of the building permits in the county.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners recently received a third estimate for possible restorations to three stained glass windows at the Wyandot County Courthouse Vidonish Stained Glass Studios of Lexington submitted a $126,000 estimate, the highest estimate of the three.

A judge ordered a 21-year-old Carey man accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl to have no contact with the girl or any juveniles to whom he is not related while he awaits trial. Devon S. Layfield pleaded not guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony, and sexual imposition, a third-degree misdemeanor, Monday in Wyandot County County Common Pleas Court.

A mentally ill Upper Sandusky man slapped Wyandot County Sheriff Mike Hetzel and a credit union employee in their faces Monday, police said. Holden M. Nance, 19, of Nantucket Drive, walked in to Quest Federal Credit Union around 12:30 p.m. and slapped a female employee in her face, according to an Upper Sandusky police report.

Firefighters from Marseilles and Pitt Township responded to a mower that caught fire Monday afternoon in the 10,000 block of CH 77 near TH 108. The resident was riding the mower when she noticed flames between the blade deck and the engine.

The Carey Volunteer Fire Department extinguished an SUV engine fire on Ohio 15 near TH 95, Ridge Township, the night of April 3. The driver reported he observed smoke coming from the engine, so he pulled over and opened the hood, and flames shot out of the engine.