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HOLIDAY Icon closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024

Posted by Paula Scott on January 14, 2024 - 6:00am

Monday, January 15, 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holidaymarking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The Ada and Bluffton Icons, as well as post offices and many banks will be closed on Monday. PHOTO Library of Congress.

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Art of Phil Sugden featured at OSU Lima gallery

Posted by Staff on January 14, 2024 - 6:00am

Gallery opening and research talk

Artist Philip Sugden will be at OSU LIma's Farmer Family Gallery from 4:00-6:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 18, 2024, to open his new show Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God, an installation drawing series that explores Sugden’s experiences in Tibet and the Himalayas over 40 years. Each work has seven layered pages and incorporates current and ancient sacred texts. Sugden is a local artist and an assistant professor of art at Bluffton University.

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Due to inclement weather, some area churches cancel January 14 services

Posted by Staff on January 13, 2024 - 4:34pm

Due to inclement weather, worship services for January 14 have been cancelled at:

  • Bluffton First United Methodist
  • Bluffton Presbyterian Church
  • Emmanuel UCC
  • St. John's United Church of Christ

Wind chill forecast from www.weather.gov/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT Saturday, January 13 TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero.

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Worship
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Funeral arrangements are pending for Dwain R. Augsburger Sr.

Posted by Staff on January 13, 2024 - 4:30pm

Dwain R. Augsburger Sr., 88, passed away on January 12, 2024 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Pirates nip Knights on late Ginther basket, stay tied atop NWC

Posted by Staff on January 13, 2024 - 7:40am

By Cort Reynolds

CONVOY__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team rallied from a big early deficit to pull off a crucial 53-52 comeback win at Crestview in a Northwest Conference barnburner Friday night, January 12.

Wade Ginther scored the game-winning basket with just 2.8 seconds left to lift the Pirates to a one-point road victory. The win kept the Pirates tied atop the league standings with Spencerville.

The victory was also Bluffton’s seventh in a row since a 45-40 loss to Ottawa-Glandorf on December 8.

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Sports
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Bluffton weather forecast for single digit temperatures

Posted by Paula Scott on January 13, 2024 - 7:23am

Following steady rain and wind on Friday, January 12, the National Weather Service forecast is for dramatically colder weather on Saturday, January 13, 2024.

The forecast, provided HERE, includes a wind advistory until 7:00 p.m. and a wind chill advisory.

On the evening of January 13, temperatures are expected to drop to a low of 4 °F. There is a slight chance of snow and conditions will be breezy.

Single digit lows are forecast through Tuesday.

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Regional news
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