Area families had an opportunity to learn about the programs and services offered locally during the annual baby fair sponsored by Wyandot County Women, Infants and Children on Tuesday at Stepping Stones Park.

Wyandot County Fair beef royalty and beef ambassador interviews are set for 1-4 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce, 103 E. Wyandot Ave. Applicants must call Kathy Grasz at 419-674-6722 to set an interview time.

REYNOLDSBURG — Gov. John Kasich and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David T. Daniels recently announced the winners of the 2016 “Agriculture is Cool!” visual arts contest. Ohio children enrolled in school or home-schooled during the 2015-16 academic year shared their personal interpretation of why Ohio agriculture is “cool” for their chance to win a trip to the Ohio State Fair.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation recently awarded five agricultural action and awareness grants that aim to help individuals and groups make a difference in their communities. The grants focused on four core areas: economic development, education, environment and the human-animal bond and are supported by the OFBF, a nonprofit, public, charitable organized registered in Ohio.

An officer responded to a report of an altercation between juveniles in the 200 block of Richardson Drive the night of July 24. They were told to stay away from each other.

MARSEILLES — The gardens around the country home of Lovena Trautwein are a gardener’s dream. Hundreds of geraniums, marigolds, daisies and other annuals follow paths around a shallow fish pond and a small shelter house.

A New York woman was taken to the hospital and arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a traffic crash Monday night on U.S. 30 near CH 330, according to a report from the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

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.