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Baby - it was cold outside. Over the past seven days low temperatures in the area bottomed out at 4 degrees, 5 degrees and 7 degrees. Jan. 28 was the first day when the low was above freezing. Here's the recent seven-day high, low and precipitation report from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date        High    Low   Prec.

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Apollo Career Center will hold its first-everl Apollopalooza on Jan. 29, 5:30-7 p.m., to kick-off National Career and Technical Education Month, which runs through February. Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Ohio Department of Transportation announced that State Route 12 in Columbus Grove will be closed or 90 days for sewer replacement beginning Monday, Feb. 4.

Traffic will be detoured onto State Route  65 and Sycamore Street and back to State Route 12.

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The Department of Agriculture will hold an openhouse from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, at the Bluffton Public Library to discuss the gypsy moth.

Allen, Hancock and Putnam counties will receive gypsy moth aerial treatment tis spring in an effort to slow the spread of the destructive insect.

The open house will give residents a chance to ask questions and talk with experts.

Persons unable to attend may click here for more information.

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The February newsletter from the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association is now posted for Icon viewers. It is found at the bottom of this story.

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Dr. Sam Heiks, M.D., (left) of Bluffton is the 8:30 p.m., Thursday evening guest on WBGU TV's "Northwest Ohio Journal." The 30-minute program, with host Steve Kendall, will focus on direct primary care medicine. Dr. Heiks of Creekside Medicine Medicine has a primary care medicine practice. The program was taped last week.

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