The Quarry Farm has issued its digital news for Winter 2025, noting, "If you are like me and are drooling over seed catalogs and dreaming of spring flowers, be sure to read The Gardener's column about what flowers are best for ALL things.
Cory-Rawson Local Schools is taking registration for its five-star peer model preschool, begindergarten, and kindergarten for 2025-2026. To register, visit www.cory-rawson.org or call the Cory-Rawson Elementary School office at 419-963-3415, option 1.
Preschool screening will be held throughout the month of February for children who are at least 3 years of age by August 1, 2025.
Except for breaking news including weather-related cancellations, the Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon are on pause for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20. PHOTO Library of Congress.
NORTH ROBINSON – The Bluffton High School girls swim team finished second at the 10-team North Central Ohio Swim League championship meet hosted by Colonel Crawford Saturday, while the Pirate boys came in a strong third.
Perennial power Colonel Crawford swept the boys, girls and combined team titles.
Pirate Jackson Bowlus rolled to two individual league titles, both in meet-record times. He touched first in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost in overtime 65-60 to visiting non-conference power Liberty-Benton on January 18.
The Pirates dropped to 9-4 overall with the tough home defeat.
L-B improved to 13-1 overall after the hard-fought road win, their sixth victory in a row. The lone Eagle loss was to Div. I Perrysburg by a 69-62 count on December 28.
Bluffton trailed 13-10 after the first period. L-B maintained a 29-22 margin at halftime as Jake Gerken scored 13 points.
