CAREY — The Carey school building on South Street no longer stands, but those in a packed auditorium at the new building on Blue Devil Drive on Tuesday evening took a trip back in time while learning if the ghost stories they were told as students at the old school were true.

CAREY — Carey will receive less than a third of the $1.3 million in federal funding it requested for an electric substation project after village officials chose a higher-priced contractor to do the job. The U.S. Economic Development Agency only awarded the village a $418,000 grant for the Continental Structural Plastics substation project.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation Tuesday on a project created by the United States Department of Agriculture and Ohio Farm Bureau. Aaron Heiler, project manager for the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network, shared a project primarily operated in Hardin and Hancock counties that aims at filtering water from farming operations before it reaches waterways that lead to the Blanchard River and eventually Lake Erie.

Upper Sandusky Police Department Officers responded to a report of theft from the Upper Sandusky Wal-Mart the morning of Feb. 1.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — After a year of hard work, the Riverdale FFA sent numerous books, degrees, and awards to the regional evaluation. Chapter secretary Cara Pauley, treasurer Breanah Shane and reporter Carrol Pauley all received gold ratings on their officer books.

Properly maintained Conservation Reserve Program cover may be attractive if noxious weeds and invasive species are controlled and grasses and wildflowers are allowed to mature. Landowners should scout CRP fields before weeds go to seed.

BUCYRUS — The Rotary Club of Bucyrus is set to host Rural-Urban Day on March 14 at The Pickwick Place in Bucyrus. The event features program speakers The Families of Pickwick Place.

The first step in preparing the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District annual plan of work for 2018 will be SWCD’s participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture local work group meeting to be held with the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency.

Upper Sandusky residents and business owners will see a steady increase in their sewer rates for at least the next two years. City Council on Monday night unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance to increase the rates by $1 each year through 2019.

Jeremy R. Weaver, Carey, was warned for two headlights required on U.S. 23 at Bridgestone the evening of Jan. 26. James R. Drakos, Gahanna, was cited for failure to move or slow down for an emergency vehicle on U.S. 23 at CH 121 the night of Jan. 26.