September 2026

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By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS GROVE__The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed in the Columbus Grove Invitational Red Division meet on Saturday, September 5.

GIRLS RESULTS
Pirate Xandra Gatchel finished 20th in a solid time of 20:49.5 to post the top Pirate girls showing.

Tessa Tarplee finished 64th in 22:27.3. Georgia Hagen came in 75th with a time of 22:49.3. Zaeda Hermiller finished in 120th place in 24:37.8. Tala Gipson ended up 191st as the fifth Pirate scorer in 29:23.4.

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Pirates and families celebrate band, cheer and football seniors / CLICK to enlarge

By Cort Reynolds / Photos by James Crawfis

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School football team routed visiting Toledo Bowsher 56-12 in the Pirate home opener and Senior Night at Harmon Field on a warm Friday night, September 4.

The Pirates improved to 3-0 with the non-league blowout win. Winless Bowsher fell to 0-3 with the lopsided road loss.

Explosive Bluffton tallied 42 unanswered points to turn a 7-6 score into a 49-6 blowout by halftime.

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UPDATE Approximately 100 customer outages shown at 8:00 a.m.

AEP Ohio has notified Bluffton area customers of power outages amid severe thunderstorm in the early hours of Saturday, September 5.

A total of 1,149 Customer Outages was shown stemming 2 Outage Cases.

Start Time: Sep 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM

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Friday, September 4, 2026

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MEDIA RELEASE__Ebenezer Church has announced the launch of Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered, 12-step recovery program designed to help individuals overcome life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits. The program will begin on September 14 at 6:00 p.m. and will meet weekly on Mondays at the Richland Room (lower level) of the Bluffton Public Library. 

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Program by Jacomet's Martial Arts, breakfast by Luvu A Latte

MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, September 11. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall.

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By Paula Pyzik Scott
Icon owner-editor, [email protected], 567-400-4266

Last week, I visited Faithful Friends Cremations, a new business in Ada, Ohio. Patty Griffin has made a big investment to get this business off the ground and 1,459 of the Ada Icon's Facebook viewers checked out her story!

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School volleyball team built an early lead and staved off a Pilot comeback to defeat visiting Defiance Ayersville in a five-set match on Thursday, September 3.

The Pirates improved to 4-4 with the 25-15, 25-22, 13-25, 19-25, 15-11 non-league win.

Ayersville dropped to 2-4 after the close defeat.

Camryn Fruchey drilled 12 kills and dished out 21 assists to pace the victors. She also served up four aces.

Karlie Lora compiled 11 kills, four blocks and 13 digs.

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost 4-0 to unbeaten visiting power Celina on Thursday evening, September 3 at Steinmetz Field.

The Pirate girls dropped to 2-3 with the home defeat.

The WBL Bulldogs improved to 3-0-1 after the shutout win.

Celina scored in the 24th minute to lead 1-0 at halftime, and then put the game out of reach with two goals in the final four minutes.

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FROM FACEBOOK__The Beaverdam-Richland Fire & Rescue are inviting all to its annual SummerFest event on September 12.

Plans include:

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