KIRBY — Kirby Village Council on Tuesday evening tabled an ordinance that would make excessive noise from a dog punishable by law. Village Clerk-treasurer Darl Snyder advised council that a copy of the ordinance was presented to village solicitor Richard Grafmiller, Wyandot County Sheriff Mike Hetzel and Wyandot County Dog Warden Andy Niederkhor.

CAREY — Carey Law Director Emily Beckley only recommended the village discontinue reciting The Lord’s Prayer before council meetings on Monday. She did not offer an opinion against reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Upper Sandusky Police Department Officers responded to a 911 call for a possible overdose in the 200 block of South Seventh Street early the morning of Feb. 25.

The K-9 unit assisted the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office with a traffic stop on U.S. 23 at the southbound rest area early the morning of Feb. 20.

KENTON — Members of the Mid-Ohio Energy Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE) heard from federal and state legislators regarding energy and health care issues at their breakfast meeting Monday at the Kenton plant. U.S. 4th District Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, told the group being a member of the U.S. Congress is not a difficult job when you “do what you were sent there to do.” In Jordan’s mind, that means not just fixing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but scrapping the law and turning health care back over to the marketplace.

Upper Sandusky’s monthly sewer rates will increase by $1, effective May 1. City Council on Monday unanimously voted to increase the rates by $1 each year through 2019. The minimum bill also will increase by $2 a month each year. The increase is necessary to pay for a new wastewater treatment plant, city officials said.

Three Upper Sandusky firefighters battle a blaze in a garage at the intersection of Ohio 199 and TH 29 in Crawford. USFD, Carey Fire Department and Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Management Agency all responded to the incident.

CAREY — The Carey police will assign an officer to be at the Carey School during school hours, Mayor Armand Getz announced during a council meeting Monday. Officer Brian Lomeli will serve as Carey’s school resource officer, Getz said. He is expected to start March 20. Lomeli is a part-time officer and dispatcher in Carey and also has served as a school resource officer at Findlay City Schools.

CAREY — Carey FFA President Carley Coppler made history Saturday by becoming the first known Carey FFA member to qualify to compete at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October after winning her event at the state competition. Coppler previously made history by becoming the first Carey FFA member to reach the state competition level all four years of her high school career.

COLUMBUS — Rep. Wesley Goodman met last week with Wyandot and Crawford Soil & Water Conservation District representatives at a reception held at the Statehouse Rotunda. More than 650 conservation leaders consisting of supervisors and staff from Ohio’s 88 conservation districts, partners from the Ohio Department of Agriculture...