This year the date will be Tuesday August 5 and we will again offer free Bluffton Community Pool admission all day with the NNO event from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. that evening.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will once again be providing a fireworks show to cap off the night.
If you would like to make a donation to this event to help us keep it going please send checks to the Bluffton Police Department at 154 N Main St with National Night Out on the memo line.
JULY 2025 BLUFFTON SENIOR CENTER NEWS__It is hot outside but the Senior Center is cool. Come and find an activity to enjoy while you cool off. Bring a friend or make a new one.
Bridge Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Crafts Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
Dominos Fridays at 9:30 a.m.
Dulcimers Tuesdays at 1 p.m. (except the first Tuesday of the Month)
Exercise Class Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Summertime and the living is different in a college town.
If your business has summer hours or an extended 4th of July holiday break, the Icon will share your announcement on the Classifieds page and cross promote the post on Facebook.
On July 18, People for Bikes announced their 2025 Best Places to Bike including a score of 72 and a ranking of 35th in the nation, 15th in the Midwest and 4th in Ohio.
By Jeevan Jyoti, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of Healthwise Pharmacy
"No bones about it" is believed to have started in England around the 15th century. It described the unpleasant finding of bones in one's soup. Today we used the idiom to describe no hesitation or objection to something.
JUNE 23 MEDIA RELEASE — Bluffton University honored the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement with a series of events this past spring. The celebration featured lectures, performances, exhibits and panel discussions reflecting on Anabaptist faith, history and values.
Highlights included: Public Lectures and Forums exploring themes such as biblical interpretation, peacebuilding, and dissent in Anabaptist tradition, led by Bluffton faculty and national scholars including Dr. John D. Roth, Dr. Gerald Mast, Eric Kurtz and Rev. Dr. Maxwell Kennel.
JUNE 24 MEDIA RELEASE — During the 2024-25 white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season, State Wildlife Officer Nathan Cass, assigned to Crawford County, received information that a hunter had exceeded the county bag limit of three deer. Officer Cass discovered that the suspect had harvested six deer, with three game-checked in Medina County despite being harvested in Crawford County. The suspect was charged with three counts of taking more than the county bag limit and three counts of providing false information when game checking a deer.
Hometown Stations (WLIO) has reported on a June 23 hearing in Allen County Common Pleas Court, where Ronald Powell Jr. sought to have his case dismissed involving charges for a December 2021 shooting in Bluffton.
Powell's attorney says the days allowed for a speedy trial have expired. Prosecutors say delays are due to paperwork being sent to the wrong address. The case awaits a ruling from judge Jeffrey L. Reed.
The June 23 meeting of the Bluffton Council included no legislation and brought councilors up to date on committee and administration activity. Of special note was the closure of the Village shuffleboard courts to the general public due to vandalism and a request by Mayor Rich Johnson that residents using the brush dump drive close to the pile before unloading.
