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Pipe dreams

County Line Road work continues by the village this month. Waste water drainage pipes are being installed on the west side of the road from East Elm Street to Cherry.

Flash flood watch this weekend

National Weather Service forecasts rain and more rain

Bluffton police issues a flood watch for the village for the weekend of Jan. 10-12.

Ryan Burkholder, police chief, sent a Nixle alert at 12:37 p.m. on Thursday. It reads: "National Weather Service has issued flood watch for this weekend. Please monitor forecast for potential flooding."

Alert details state that the severity, urgency and certainty are "unknown."  The National Weather Service describes the alert as a flash flood watch.

The northwestern Ohio detailed forecast from the NWS follows:

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Defiance falls to Beavers 68-64

The Bluffton University men's basketball team traveled to Defiance, Ohio, for a mid-week clash with conference-rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Jan. 8. After knocking off a tough Transylvania team last weekend, the Beavers were looking to extend their win streak to two games and they did just that. Bluffton led for the majority of the game, but it went down to the wire as expected in the rivalry clash as the Beavers found themselves on top, 68-64. Bluffton improved to 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance fell to 7-5 overall and 2-3 in the HCAC.

Defiance women over Beavers by 5

The Bluffton University women's basketball team traveled to Heartland Conference rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. The Beavers dropped a 55-50 decision to the Yellow Jackets. Bluffton slipped to 8-4 (2-3 HCAC) on the season, while Defiance improved to 4-8 (3-2 HCAC).

After a Yellow Jacket bucket and a slow start for the Beavers, Brianna Gillig (New Riegel) hit a shot to knot the score at 2-2. Two more Bluffton buckets from Abbie Parkins (Bluffton) and Nora Hemminger (McComb) left the Beavers down by three (11-8) at the end of the first.

Bluffton boys swimmers sweep tri meet

Riley Verb, Erik Nygaard, CJ McCall, Celia Smith are Bluffton winners

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton boys swim team swept host Bath and Ada in a triangular meet Wednesday night at the Lima YMCA. 

The Bluffton boys beat Bath 85-46 and edged Ada 76-67. The BSC girls lost to Bath 75-62 and fell to Ada 78-68. 

The Bluffton Swim Club Lima Bath 147-121 in the combined boys and girls scoring. But BSC lost to Ada 154-142 in the boys and girls combined results. 

Bluffton freshman Riley Verb touched first in the 100 butterfly and also won the 500 free marathon.

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“Love is in the Air” Feb. 13 in Yoder Recital Hall

Spend an elegant evening in the company of loved ones and friends during the third annual “Love is in the Air” event at Bluffton University.

This “Thursdays at Yoder” event will take place on Feb. 13, in the lobby of Yoder Recital Hall and will feature live music by Bluffton’s Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association students and faculty.

The live music will be accompanied by a four-course tasting menu and will be prepared and served by the Bluffton University Nutrition Association (BUNA). Childcare will be provided at a cost of $5 per child.

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