Betty E. Needs to James E. Needs trustee, Thomas M. Needs trustee and Betty E. Needs irrevocable trust A, 1/2 interest in 165.81 acres in Crane Township. Betty E. Needs to James E. Needs trustee, Thomas M. Needs trustee and Betty E. Needs irrevocable trust A, 1/2 interest in 165.81 acres in Crane Township.

Sheriff Michael R. Hetzel has released his activity report for the month of July: Complaints investigated, 174; adult felony arrests, 18; adult misdemeanor arrests, 51; adult traffic arrests, 263; juvenile misdemeanor arrests, 1; juvenile traffic arrests, 2; injury traffic crashes investigated, 4 (6 injured);

Kenneth William Wolfe, 80, 14885 TH 127, Upper Sandusky, retired; and Barbara Louise Voorheis, 75, 14241 CH 124, Upper Sandusky, retired, Aug. 4. Isaiah James Franklin, 20, 138 E. North St., Carey, laborer; and Tosha Renee Fox, 24, 249 CH 99, Carey, child care provider, Aug. 8.

Ryan M. Bonebrake, Warsaw, Indiana, speed, $40 fine plus costs, two points. Noah E. Dible, 119 Reservoir Road, Upper Sandusky, registration violation, $30 fine plus costs.

COLUMBUS — An initiative undertaken by the Ohio Arts Council is reaching toward Wyandot County in hopes of funding community organizers in this area. The Ohio Arts Council is dedicated to funding all of Ohio’s 88 counties, and northwest Ohio program coordinator Jim Szekacs has been reaching out to organizations in this county, according to an email from communications strategist Hannah Brokenshire.

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 has released its highway construction report for the coming week. The Ohio 103 bridge over U.S. 23/Ohio 15 south of Carey occasionally is restricted to one lane for bridge repair work being performed by DOT Construction Corp., Canfield.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is encouraging Ohioans to seek nomination from his office to U.S. service academies for 2016 admission.

Carey students (from left) Sarah Goble, 12th grade, Blake Mangett, third grade, Lily Arredondo, 11th grade, Catelina Luzader, fifth grade, Hannah Coldiron, ninth grade, Landon Miller, first grade, Alex Ricker, sixth grade, and Alayna DeAmicis, seventh grade, cut a ribbon symbolizing the opening the new Carey school building during the district’s dedication ceremony July 31.

A Mansfield man was sentenced to prison in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court on Thursday. Andrew R. Inman, 28, was ordered to serve seven years in prison for illegal manufacture of drugs, a first-degree felony.

Fluffy clouds meander over a Salem Township farm. Some areas of Wyandot County experienced their first steady rain all summer Thursday, as the skies opened up with passing thunderstorms throughout the evening.