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.
The Bluffton Police Department provided the following report to the Village council on January 13. It includes an activity summary for December 2024 as follows:
Police calls for service
535
Police Chief calls for service
67
Traffic stops
39
Criminal complaints
12 Total
Animal Complaint
1
Mental Health
1
Miscellaneous
5
Persistent Disorderly Conduct
1
No Operators License
1
Theft
1
Underage Consumption - Juvenile Complaint
1
Warrant Service
1
The attached documents show Incident Breakdown for December 2024 and Ticket Statistics for 2024. A total of 8 parking tickets were issued in 2024 and a total of 28 warnings were issued.
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.
