Interstate 75 southbound entrance and exit ramps at Bluelick Road, Lima, will be closed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, for inspection of the ramps' bridge structures.
The Interstate 75 northbound ramps will remain open. The following detours will be in place. Work is being performed by the ODOT District 1 roadway services department.
Interstate 75 southbound exit ramp to Bluelick Road traffic will be detoured onto I-75 southbound, the state Route 81 interchange and I-75 northbound back to Bluelick Road.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 will hold two application workshop events in Lima to assist job seekers in applying for the organization’s open positions.
By Kathi Dunlap Faith Investment Services
This scenario plays out all over the world, day after day. Things didn’t turn out as you had hoped.
Maybe you tried really hard to master a new skill or information, but didn’t pass the required test.
Maybe you asked a girl out and she turned you down. Maybe you entered a contest for a cruise, but didn’t get chosen.
Maybe you simply wanted to get from the office to your car without papers blowing everywhere. Somewhere along the way, things didn’t turn out as you had hoped.
Bluffton council passed a resolution of support for the application of Bluffton University to a United States Department of Agriculture Development Loan on Monday.
A copy of the resolution is attached at the bottom of this story.
Jamie Nygaard captures several spring scenes in Bluffton - these are a few days old. As we know, spring blooms change continually. Watch the Icon for more spring views of Bluffton in the coming week
Two Bluffton High School girls and two boys will represent the school at their respective Buckeye Girls State and Buckeye Boys State events this summer. Each student is a junior at BHS.
Local sponsors are the Bluffton American Legion Post 382 and the Bluffton Lions Club.
Attending Girls State are Annalise Nisly and Raina Runk. Girls State is held at University of Mount Union, Alliance, from June 16 to 22.
St. Mary’s Catholic Christian Preschool, which will open in early September, has announced its staff.
Katie Hohenbrink will serve as director and head teacher. Amanda Stechschulte will serve as teacher’s assistant.
Hohenbrink holds a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and previously directed a preschool at St. Augustine in Napoleon. She and her husband, Keith, are parents of four children of their own, two boys and two girls.
By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - Visiting Bluffton stayed alone atop the league softball standings by shutting out Columbus Grove 10-0 in a Northwest Conference mismatch Monday evening.
The Lady Pirates improved to 15-1 overall and 6-0 in the NWC with their 14th consecutive win. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs fell to 4-6 and 1-4 in the NWC with the defeat.
Pirate hurler Libby Schaadt improved her record to 13 -1 with a six-inning, complete-game shutout. She allowed just three hits, struck out 10 Bulldogs and walked four.
