We've witnessed flooding in the past. Let's call this high water.
After a week of on and off raining an early morning Sunday storm popped the cork on Riley Creek.
A Nixel warning from Bluffton police at 11:37 a.m. read: "Riley Creek is out of banks. College Ave closed. Precautionary measures to move cars from Cherry and Vance are recommended."
These photos taken at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 14, reveal the Riley while the water receeded.
Bluffton Family Recreation has announcement the appointment of Joseph Beagle as its executive director, according to Joe Duling, BFR board president.
“I’m happy to be with BFR. I look forward to continue the programming already in place and am working to expand BFR’s programs in the next year,” said Beagle. “We have a great staff and a great community support.”
Duling said that Beagle brings a wide background of administrative experience to BFR.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio informed Bluffton chamber members of programs and activities taking place on its various campuses during Friday's chamber breakfast. MHCO celebrates its 60th year in existence in 2015.
The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) and Bluffton University have created the position of assistant director of BCE for a graduate assistant in the university’s Master of Business Administration program.
The person in the half-time position will work with BCE for nine months for each of two academic years while taking evening classes in Bluffton’s MBA program. The graduate assistant will receive full tuition and an annual stipend plus an adjustment for living expenses.
Severe thunderstorms containing damaging wind gusts to 60 mph will threaten portions of
AEP Ohio and I&M Power this afternoon into early tonight. A hot, humid, and increasingly unstable air mass is in place over the region. An approaching upper-level disturbance and cold front will trigger the storms.
