Winners of the Tree Town Festival 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the girls 15-18 division were (from left) Bry Vandenbosch, Lexi Wright, Brooke Kuenzli and Reygan Frey.

Winners of the Tree Town Festival 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the boys 15-18 division were (from left) Dillion Furlong, Noah Winslow and Branden McCall.

Saturday’s truck and tractor pulls brought area drivers and spectators to the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. In the 13,000-pound farm stock diesel division, a competitor comes up well short of the winning mark of 315.84 feet, stalling his vehicle on the track.

A vacancy will need to be filled on Upper Sandusky City Council after councilman Scot Swinehart tenured his resignation, effective immediately, before Monday’s regular meeting. Swinehart, who has served on council since 2011, has been absent from meetings for months for health reasons.

CAREY — Carey Council president Armand S. Getz will accept the position of mayor of the village, he announced at the conclusion of a regular council meeting Monday. Now, village officials can move on.

CAREY — A vacancy on the Carey Council must be filled in 30 days after council president Armand Getz accepted the mayor’s seat during a regular meeting Monday (see related story on page 1). Those interested must submit a resume to the village by the end of the month.

The Wyandot County Health Board will meet for an emergency finance session at noon Wednesday, an hour before the regularly scheduled monthly board meeting. The meetings will be in the oncology education room at Wyandot Memorial Hospital.

The Veterans Heritage Foundation of Wyandot County received preliminary approval during the July 11 park board meeting to move forward with the construction of a World War I monument at Bicentennial Park. The Doughboy monument will join others memorializing residents of Wyandot County who fought during the Vietnam War and World War II.

WHARTON — Wharton Village Council pressed forward with its attempt to place a property tax on the November ballot Monday night. Council received an update on the proposed 2-mill levy, estimated at 20 cents for every $100 of valuation.

Maintenance work has continued throughout the summer in the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District. Board member Jim Morris said at Monday night’s school board meeting volunteer work on the bus garage shed is in progress, and it recently was discovered after removing siding that five posts were rotting and had to be replaced.