August 30 District Cabinet meeting Bluffton Town Hall at 9:00 a.m. September 2 Club meeting at Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. Speaker Dr. Allison Niemeyer, podiatrist. September 16 Club meeting at Town Hall at noon. Speaker will be a representative from Blanchard Valley Health System speaking on cancer. September 18 Community Meal at Senior Center. September 22-October 3: Eye screening of children. September 27 Fall Festival and craft show. October 11 Roadside clean-up.
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Festival of Wheels revenue to date of $3,956.02. Ride to Remember revenue to date of $7,557 these funds go to the bike path. Playground pledges and donations to date $205,816.
Cheryl Anise Pingle, 73, passed away August 21, 2025 at Story Point in Findlay. Cheryl was born September 25, 1951 in Bluffton, Ohio to the late Wallace and Evelyn (Street) Lugibihl. On June 14, 1969 she married Daniel Pingle who survives.
AUGUST 21 MEDIA RELEASE__The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today, that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Allen County tomorrow evening, August 22.
The location of the checkpoint will be announced Friday morning. Additionally, to aggressively combat impaired driving-related crashes, troopers will conduct saturation patrols in the area of the checkpoint.
In 2024 there were 10,697 OVI-related crashes in which 567 people were killed on Ohio’s roadways. State troopers make on average 15,000 OVI arrest each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers.
Bluffton hosts Miller City (2-0) in a non-league play, Saturday, Aug. 23.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton High School volleyball team earned its first win of the season with a sweep of visiting non-league local rival Pandora-Gilboa on Wednesday, August 20.
The Pirate girls beat the Rockets 25-16, 25-23, 25-17.
Bluffton improved to 1-2 with the home victory. P-G fell to 1-1 after the defeat.
The Bluffton Board of Education held its monthly meeting on August 18, which included regular business such as approval of contracts and assignments, as well as the treasurer’s report and reports from staff. The district’s proposal to create a practice field on land adjacent to the elementary school was the subject of visitor comments and officially approved by the board.
