2016 - the year in photos
The Icon posted hundreds of photos in 2016.
As a final look at the year we bid farewell to, here’s some of our more interesting feature photos.
There is one for each month (plus three extras on the cover).
Cover photos
Community Vacation Bible School took place at Emmanuel United Church of Christ. Over 120 youths attended. Here’s a view of a game underway.
It was a Night at the Museum at the middle school. Sixth, seventh and eight graders shared projects focused on famous people from world history. The sixth graders’ projects were about countries of the world. The eighth grade projects were about a career of their choice. In all, 260 students participated. It is estimated that 900 plus people visited the museum. In this view is Raina Runk, nurse practitioner.
There’s an enormous gaggle of all sorts of feathered friends in a pow wow in the center of the National Quarry just off Jefferson Street.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- September 3 Bluffton High School athletics lineup, streaming
- ONU mobile clinic schedule, serving Hardin, Allen, Putnam and Auglaize counties
- Bluffton front porches and back yards hum during 2026 PorchFest
- Before Our Weakness Gets Too Strong: Science to modulate our immune system
- Meet the Pirate cross country runners, Fall 2026
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Bluffton University offers $1,000 annual award to enrollees who visit campus
- Pirate golf 3rd in NWC quad
- Pirate volleyball sweeps Elida
- Pirate boys soccer loss vs. Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer win vs. Spencerville
- August 2026 land transfers in the Bluffton school district
- Bluffton alumnus to share grandmother's fight for U.S. citizenship
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- Beavers sports roundup, August 2026
- Pirate golfers split tri
- ICYMI: August 2026 Bluffton Icon Highlights
- Nisly to present colloquium on Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea”
- Bluffton School district mails 2026-2027 Summer District Newsletter
- Emmanuel UCC is 2026 Bluffton Family Y coed softball champion
Monday, August 31, 2026
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- Vickie Diane Little was a registered nurse
- Nancy Ann Wheeler Andrews worked for First Federal Savings and Loan
- Donor generosity powers Bluffton U technology upgrade
- Pirates girls soccer blanked by Sylvania
- Pirate volleyball drops 2 in close tri-match
- Pirate cross country opens Fall 2026 at DSJ Invite
- Back to School Days at Bluffton Public Library