The community is invited to the fourth annual Latch on the Lawn at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Wyandot County Courthouse. Sponsored by Wyandot County Women, Infants and Children, the event is a global movement with registered locations throughout the world. Attendees are asked to get to Latch on the Lawn early so they can register before the official latch …

As the initiation rate of breastfeeding mothers edges upward in Wyandot County, local families are sharing their stories during Breastfeeding Awareness Month in hopes it will encourage more parents-to-be to consider the benefits. Local families have no lack of support when they know where to look.

U.S. Congressman Bob Latta heard from a handful of local constituents Wednesday during a visit to the county to host one-on-one sessions in the Wyandot County Courthouse. Latta is a Republican from Bowling Green who represents Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Wyandot County and 13 other counties in northwest Ohio.

A crew of Amish workers from the Fredericktown area is cutting out approximately 110 older trees and pulling them out with their team of draft horses from the woods of Jim Fox on TH 51 this week.

The Wyandot County Visitors Bureau recently announced the 2016 Lincoln Highway BuyWay Sales and the Upper Sandusky community garage sales will be the second weekend of August. Local advertising for sales will be handled through The Daily Chief-Union this year.

The Salvation Army and the Wyandot County Youth Commission will co-sponsor this year’s Party in the Park on Friday at Harrison Smith Park. This is the 13th year for the annual event.

Twenty-nine former Upper Sandusky High School students played in an alumni soccer game Saturday. Pictured are (fron row, from left) Luis Ayala, Brad Roeder, Anthony Wise, Patrick Massara, Jaime Boucher, Cliff Constien, Josh Thammarat, John Searfoss, Kyle Burbaugh, Jacob Rall, Matt Smiley;

MARION — Marion Technical College, Southern State Community College and Marion Industrial Center are coming together to offer a new truck driving academy. Interested students can sign up for the four-week classes, which begin Aug. 15.

The Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual steak fry Aug. 10 in conjunction with Wyandot Mutual Insurance Co. The location of the event has changed.

COLUMBUS — Payroll true-up reports are due to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation no later than Aug. 15. At the end of each private employer policy period (July), it is necessary to reconcile estimated payroll with actual payroll.