FOREST — No one was injured when fire broke out around a wood burning stove at a Jackson Township home Thursday night. The home sustained significant interior damage, according to Capt. Chad Ward of the Upper Sandusky Fire Department, which responded to the scene along with firefighters from Forest, Marseilles, Pitt Township and Wharton.

Wyandot County Board of Health member Bill Aubry met with the county commissioners Thursday morning regarding additional space at the health department offices.

There’s still time to see your baby’s cute little drooling face in The Daily Chief-Union. The newspaper has extended the deadline for this year’s Baby Times to Tuesday, but you better act fast because time is winding down.

Marathon Pipe Line LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation headquartered in Findlay, is beginning construction on its newest addition to its transport services. A new pipeline will run from a location near Harpster and travel through Wyandot, Hardin and Allen counties to its destination at the Husky Refinery in Lima.

Buckeye Chuck saw his shadow during the annual Groundhog Day celebration this morning in Marion. Ohio’s official weather-predicting groundhog saw his shadow at 7:40 a.m., according to Paul James, program director at iHeart Media.

Riverdale’s Wayne Frey (right) grapples with an opponent from Bucyrus during a tri-match Wednesday. The Falcons lost to Bucyrus, 42-29, and Ada, 54-18.

A deputy responded to a drug overdose in the 4400 block of Ohio 231, Sycamore Township, the night of Dec. 22.

New state and federal mandates are forcing the Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities to shake things up at Angeline Industries or risk losing $380,000 a year in government funding. The WyBDD currently serves 90 adults with developmental disabilites. Sixteen work in various jobs throughout the county, 22 are part of Angeline Industries mobile crew that works at an Ohio Department of Transportation rest stop, and 52 work in a sheltered shop at Angeline on CH 44 in Upper Sandusky.

KENTON — Two huge inflated rats met the workers on the Marathon pipeline when they came to work this morning at the former Rockwell plant site in Kenton. With the intimidating rodents were about 70 protesters from the Laborer’s International Union of North America with representative of the Pipeliners Local Union 798 and Ohio Laborer’s District Council.

CAREY — As he enters his 40th year in the business of selling automobiles, Rick Wagner is excited to bring customers a new and improved experience. With construction complete on a new car dealership on U.S. 23 entering the village of Carey from the south side, the Wagner Ford dealer is welcoming Wyandot County and the surrounding area to a grand opening event to kick off the year.