True-up reports due to BWC by Aug. 15 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. Read More
Wyandottes tour ancestors’ homeland Members of the Wyandotte Nation came to Wyandot County on Monday to visit landmarks associated with their ancestors. Twenty-two Wyandotte teens traveled to Ohio from Wyandotte, Oklahoma, on an annual historic trip taken by teens who are hired by the Wyandotte Nation in a summer work program. Read More
Patrol stops yield drug arrests DEFIANCE — In the first six months of 2016, the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a wide range of felony offenses and increased total drug arrests from the year before, with troopers taking extra time during traffic stops to look for possible indicators of criminal activity, according to a press release from the patrol. Read More
New mayor Armand Getz (right), former Carey Village Council president, signs his name to paperwork after being sworn in as mayor by Wyandot County Common Pleas Court Judge Kate Aubry on Wednesday afternoon in council chambers. Read More
Park picnic moved inside due to heat, possible The old-fashioned Picnic at the Park scheduled for Friday at Harrison Smith Park has been moved to Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church due to extreme heat and possible rain in the forecast. Sponsored by the Wyandot County Council on Aging, the luncheon will include fried chicken, potato chips, cole slaw, dill pickles, cornbread, watermelon and apple pie. Read More
Carey HS youth selected for state fair band COLUMBUS — Three Carey High School students are among the 213 Ohio youth who were selected for this year’s All-Ohio State Fair Band. Blue Devils Allison Keller on French horn, Jack Yeater on percussion and Sarah Goble on tenor saxophone were selected for the 2016 state fair band. Read More
Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation awards college scholarships COLUMBUS — A Nevada resident is among a list of 16 Ohioans announced as winners of the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation’s annual college scholarships. Cody McClain, an Upper Sandusky High School graduate, was one of four winners of the Darwin Bryan scholarship. Read More
Wyandot County Farm Bureau offers local farm tour The Wyandot County Farm Bureau will host a tour Saturday by all-terrain, utility-task and other passenger vehicles on local dairy and cattle farms and at DeLong Grain Company. Area residents are invited to drive four-wheelers, Gators, Kubotas and or their own passenger vehicle of choice. Read More
Riverdale FFA members keep busy this summer MOUNT BLANCHARD — Members of the Riverdale FFA have stayed busy this summer with a variety of events and activities. On July 8, the club participated in the Forest Tree Town Festival parade. Read More