Jim Rittler (front, holding scissors) and Sheila Hamm (front, center) are the new owners of Saum’s Meats and Carry Out, 501 N. Vance St., Carey. The two took ownership of the one-stop grocery shop May 1 and recently held a ribbon cutting and open house.

SAN FRANCISCO — The automotive buyer intelligence firm Autolist.com recently released its Q2 2016 Most Affordable Areas Analysis and ranked Wyandot County the No. 42 most affordable place to buy a car in Ohio. The study, which drew on over 72 million vehicles and 4.5 billion unique data points across vehicles of all makes and models nationwide, showed that used vehicles in Wyandot County were on average $260 more than the Ohio average.

MARION — Marion Power Shovel retirees, former employees, spouses and guests are invited to attend the company’s annual reunion at Lincoln Park on West Fairground Street, Marion, at 11 a.m. Aug. 13. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share.

The self-proclaimed Goodwill Ambassador of Kindness for Ohio returned to Wyandot County last week with a stop for her “Mile of Smiles” in downtown Upper Sandusky.

The Wyandot County General Health District will ask voters to approve a new, .3-mil levy during the November election, a decision made just last week by the health board after discussions with the county commissioners and auditor.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department is trying to identify a suspect who wrote hateful graffiti in the Wal-Mart men’s bathroom Tuesday. Messages of “Kill all whites and kops BLM” were written on an inside wall of each bathroom stall in black permanent marker, and “Kill all whites BLM” was written on a urinal divider, according to a USPD report.

SYCAMORE — The Sycamore community pool may be open for free swimming on its final three days of the season, Aug. 12-14, village officials announced Tuesday, thanks in part to a donation by a source that could not be confirmed by press time.

A MedFlight ambulance takes off from Wyandot Memorial Hospital around sunset Tuesday in a picture taken by local photography enthusiast Manfred Hanke.

Ohio History Connection and the Wyandot County Historical and Archaeological Society will host an open house from 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday at Indian Mill State Memorial to celebrate the opening of new exhibits at the historic site.

Kevin and Tina Boes of West Lincoln Holsteins stand in front of their calf while explaining how their family-owned dairy farm operates. The farm was the first stop on the Wyandot County Farm Bureau local farm tour Saturday.