FINDLAY — Dr. Deborah Fitzgerald, a technology history professor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Science, Technology, and Society Program, will speak about the industrialization of agriculture at 7 p.m. Thursday in the University of Findlay’s Martin Lecture Hall, located in the Brewer Frost Science Center.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Applications from soybean farmers are being accepted through Thursday for Conservation Legacy Awards, a program of the American Soybean Association. Winners will get a trip to the 2017 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas.

An accident at the intersection of West Finley Street and North Hazel Street involving a school bus and pickup truck was reported the afternoon of Aug. 18. Lisa A. Kin, McCutchenville, and Jerry L. Randall, Upper Sandusky, were listed as the drivers.

CAREY — Carey Exempted Village Schools administrators and board of education members discussed hiring a second technology information specialist to assist technology coordinator Nick Rider during a regular board meeting Monday.

NEVADA — After a little more than a year off, Richard Awbrey is back on Nevada Council. Awbrey was appointed to fill the spot of Tiffany Bloomfield, who offered a letter of resignation after missing several meetings in a row.

SYCAMORE — A Mohawk High School alumnus brought a proposal to the board of education Monday night for future consideration. Mitchell Stillberger, currently of Zanesville and formerly of Sycamore, brought a proposal for the creation of a Mohawk Local Schools academic fund.

Four new teachers with ties to Wyandot County and the surrounding area have joined the staff at the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District for the 2016-17 academic year. Joining the staff at Union Elementary and Upper Sandusky Middle School this year are Jake Leonard, Elizabeth Oberlander and Rachel Smith, while Stacy Sprague is the newest addition at East Elementary School.

The K9 unit was dispatched to assist the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office with a traffic stop at the intersection of U.S. 23 and CH 50 early the morning of Aug. 17. K9 Hunter indicated on the vehicle.

A Carey girl sustained serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on Ohio 53 at the U.S. 23 northbound on ramp just north of Upper Sandusky. Alexis I. Bursby, 16, was traveling northbound behind a 2000 Nissan Maxima operated by Amanda S. Callahan, 24, of Upper Sandusky, when Bursby’s 1992 Honda Civic slid on wet pavement and struck the back of the Nissan around 3:10 p.m. Saturday, according to a report by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

An Upper Sandusky man reported a possible drunk driver in the 1700 block of East Wyandot Avenue the night of Aug. 13. An Upper Sandusky man reported a man passed out on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Sandusky Avenue early the morning of Aug. 14.