MEDIA RELEASE__Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has launched online mammogram scheduling including services available at Bluffton Hospital.
This new digital feature allows patients to book mammogram appointments directly through the BVHS website, selecting the date, time, and location that best fit their schedule.
A screening mammogram can detect breast cancer in its earliest stages, when it’s most treatable. With BVHS’s new online scheduling system, patients can easily arrange their screening in minutes, helping ensure early detection doesn’t wait for a phone call.
5 Pirate boys on 1st team All-NWC soccer; 11 earn All-NWC notice
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys soccer team placed five players on the Northwest Conference first team in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Pirate senior Isaiah Kohli was named the 2025 NWC Player of the Year as well.
He led Bluffton to a 3-0 NWC mark and a 5-9-3 overall record this fall. The Pirates are 49-0-0 all-time in league play with 11 NWC titles in 11 seasons.
A brilliant blue sky turned Buckeye Lake into a seemingly perfect mirror reflecting items near and far. Turn the image sideways to check out an alternate "ink blot test" perspective.
Ann Benner, age 83, passed away at home on September 27, 2025, with her husband of 64 years by her side. Ann was born in McComb, Ohio, on May 8, 1942, to the late Dale and Pauline (Sheidler) Zeisloft. She is survived by her husband, Robert Benner; children Shari (Chris) Long of Hendersonville, TN; Jason Benner of Mt. Juliet, TN; grandchildren Ava, Jack, Logan Benner; Stella Long; brother Dean (Kay) Zeisloft of Findlay, Ohio. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Edwin Zeisloft of California.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School girls soccer team defeated visiting local rival Allen East 7-0 in the Div. V sectional finals at Steinmetz Field on Tuesday, October 14.
The Pirate girls improved to 9-8-1 with the win, while AE ended its season 2-12-1 after the defeat.
Bluffton’s Aubrey Burkholder scored three goals and dished out three assists to pace the onslaught.
Pirate Willow Derstine scored in the fourth minute on an assist by Greta Myers to put the hosts on top early.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__Bluffton Senior Center will start making peanut brittle on Monday, November 3 at 8 a.m. We need many volunteers so mark your calendar now. Many hands make for a fun time.
