Wyandot County Auditor George W. “Bill” Kitzler will host an information meeting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Upper Sandusky Community Library, 301 N. Sandusky Ave. for a discussion of the state of Ohio’s increases to farmland enrolled in the current agricultural use value program.

A Wyandot County juvenile probation officer and auxiliary deputy has been selected to fill an open seat on Upper Sandusky City Council. Marc Mays was one of six residents who attended Monday’s regular council meeting to express interest in the seat vacated by Scot Swinehart two weeks ago.

Nearly 130 people have said they will attend a privately hosted event titled Hands Across Upper and Beyond in a show of solidarity and unity on Aug. 31. A throwback to the 1986 Hands Across America, a nationwide effort to end hunger in the U.S., the event will be a time for people to come together in downtown Upper Sandusky.

CAREY — Five people have expressed interest in an open seat on Carey Village Council, administrator Roy Johnson told officials during a regular meeting Monday night. Former councilmen Mike Blair, John Green and Dan Hark; and James Knox and Chase Fletcher will be considered.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners on Monday approved resolutions to allow two levies to be placed on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. The first was a temporary tax levy requested by the Wyandot County General Health District to help it with cash flow as a result of the state’s change in policy that causes delays in reimbursements to the health district, according to a release from the commissioners office.

A former Wyandot County Fair Board secretary has been arraigned on a single charge of grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court. Kisha J. Taylor, of 1494 CH 36, Sycamore, was arraigned July 14 in the local courthouse, according to court records.

Eric L. Johnson, Bucyrus, was cited for expired registration on U.S. 23/30 near Indian Mill Drive early the morning of July 14. Tiara C. Lane, Mansfield, was warned for license plate light on U.S. 23/30 near Indian Mill Drive early the morning of July 14.

Ten area authors gathered for a book-signing event Saturday at McCutchenville’s historic Overland Inn. Organized by inn curator Cassie Carlson, the event included authors from Wyandot County and the surrounding area and one who wrote about her ancestors who lived in Wyandot County.

Riley Yost (second from right) and Lucy Kinley, both 9, and Carter Vent, 6, play a fish bowl game during the annual St. Mary Chapel Kirby Festival on Sunday.

Dylan Thiel (left), 3, whistles with a prize toy and encouragement from his father, Travis Thiel, of Upper Sandusky, during the St. Mary Chapel Kirby Festival on Sunday.