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Field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife Officers

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two
In June 2023, State Wildlife Officer Jason Warren, assigned to Lake Erie, and State Wildlife Officer Mark Williams, assigned to Franklin County, contacted three anglers aboard a boat in Vermilion Harbor along Lake Erie. All three subjects had Pennsylvania fishing licenses, but none had a valid Ohio fishing license.

From the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked to finish first in 2024 in a vote among league coaches.

Following their Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Fightin’ Engineers were the favorites, with a commanding 80 points. Manchester University finished in second with 74 points, picking up the remaining two first-place votes. Bluffton University (61) finished in third, Hanover College (55) placed fourth and Franklin College (51) rounded out the top half of the poll in fifth.

Southgate Lanes and the Bluffton Family YMCA is bringing back a Bluffton favorite, the 1K walk/run.

The sold-out March 10 Et Cetera Inc. presentation of "Celebrating Fifty Years of Fashion" was a blast from the past. Here Dottie and Gene Long time travel to the 1970s when Bluffton saw the creation of non-profit thrift and gift shopping that became Et Cetera Thrift Shop, Ten Thousand Villages and Book Reviews Etc. PHOTO by Amy Mortimer. Stay tuned from more Icon coverage.

Easter for Kids on March 16

A Wednesday evening Lenten service is planned for March 13 at 7:00 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera. 

The School of Social Sciences and Human Interaction at ONU has announced the 2024 Irene Casteel Endowed Speaker Series keynote is Tobias S. Buckell with his lecture entitled “How Bad Metaphors Hurt Us: The Power of Story in a Constantly Connected World.”

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