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UPDATED APRIL 17 Health Action Council awards funds in Healthy Kids Spring Step It Up Challenge

Team “Battling for Bikes” from Bluffton Elementary School earned first place in the Spring Step It Up Challenge.

Team members Jaime Combs, Heidi Steiner and Ryan Dunlap won $1,500 for their school and averaged 822,945 steps. 

The Village of Bluffton has announced the following public meetings to be held at Bluffton Town Hall.

Cemetery Board on Friday, April 18 at 10:00 a.m.

Safety Services Committee on Friday, April 25 at noon.

Bluffton EMS provided the following report for calls for service in March 2025. The total number of calls to date for 2025 is 197.

75 EMS calls 

45 Medical

14 Non emergency transports

2 Motor Vehicle Accidents

13 Fire Calls

1 Mutual Aid Call

50 Patients transported

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys varsity tennis squad defeated visiting Celina 4-1 Wednesday evening.

The Pirate team improved to 6-1 with their third victory in as many days. Bluffton won eight of 10 sets in the match.

Junior Hudson Phillips rolled to victory at second singles by a 6-2, 6-2 score.

Junior Nick Lovett also cruised to victory at second singles by a 6-2, 6-1 count.

Senior Levi Antrim won his match at third singles 6-0, 6-1.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School girls softball team defeated visiting Emmanuel Christian handily 13-5 Wednesday, April 16.

The Pirate girls improved to 2-4 overall with the win. The hosts overcame an early 3-0 deficit to win going away. 

Bluffton tallied one run in the third, then plated four in the fourth to take the lead for good, 5-3.

Three more Pirates crossed home in the fifth to make it 8-3. EC tacked on two runs in the top of the sixth.

Sergeant Tyler Hochstetler brought Bluffton Police Department K-9 Kato for a final visit to council before the dog is retired. Hochstetler explained that Kato is trained to locate marijuana, making him ineligible to search for other drugs now that marijuana has been legalized. 

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