MAY 7 MEDIA RELEASE__Becca Ludwig, a senior at Cory Rawson High School, signed her letter of intent to attend The Ohio State University and study agricultural communication during the 97th Annual Ohio FFA Convention. She will enroll as a student in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership this fall.
MAY 7 MEDIA RELEASE__First National Bank is proud to announce the promotion of Trevor Kline to the position of Associate Commercial Lender. In his new role, Kline will be responsible for analyzing, assessing, and managing real estate, business, agricultural, and consumer credit loans and lines of credit.
FACEBOOK POST MAY 6__The Hancock County Sheriff's Office provided the following operational statistics for April 2025 as listed below and in the attached graphic.
In unofficial primary election results for May 6, 2025, the Allen County Board of elections reports that the Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) for the Bluffton Exempted Village School District passed by a wide margin.
For the tax
TOTAL
565
%
74.64%
Polls
521
Absentee
44
Provisional
0
Against the tax
192
25.36%
179
13
0
Allen County voters also renewed a Tax Levy for Children Services with 5,662 yes votes and 2,358 no votes.
County voters approved State issue 2, which passed on the state level with support comprising 67.76% of votes.
By Hayden Stutz, Student Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
To sow a seed of doubt means to cause someone to have doubts, worries, or concerns. The sower of the seed conveys that someone is planting information into your head, creating doubt. A recent study may be planting a seed!
The following 14 residential land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District during the month of April 2025, as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.
BEAVERDAM
107 E MAIN ST- $40,000 - Single Family Dwelling - ANDREWS, MICHAEL to CDN PROPERTIES LLC
208 E PEARL ST- $86,000 - Single Family Dwelling - KIZER, SHARON K to YEDARM CHURCH
The 2025 Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School (VBS) has been scheduled for July 13-17 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Family YMCA.
Sponsored by the churches of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, VBS is open for children ages 3 (who are potty trained) through those entering 6th grade in fall 2025.
In an April 2025 video, the Bluffton PTO reminds viewers that they can scan Community Markets receipts to make donations to the Bluffton Schools. The reel proves that the app is so easy even school therapy dog Marty can do it.
The Bluffton Public Library will host the following events and activities during the next week. For further details and dates, visit www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org/library-events.
Tuesday, May 6
Open Chess - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Friends of the Library Spring Tea and Silent Auction - 6 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7
Noon Book Group: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Noon to 1 p.m.
