In 2020, the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) will be awarding prizes, holding free brown bag discussions, and expanding the ways it serves small businesses in the four counties surrounding the Village of Bluffton.
The Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition, which begins on Wednesday, January 15, will award $7500 in prizes to new businesses and improving 45817 businesses. Spaces are limited and the Emerging Business division has just three seats left.
To register or learn more about the business plan, visit BlufftonEntrepreneurs.com.
County Line Road work continues by the village this month. Waste water drainage pipes are being installed on the west side of the road from East Elm Street to Cherry.
Bluffton police issues a flood watch for the village for the weekend of Jan. 10-12.
Ryan Burkholder, police chief, sent a Nixle alert at 12:37 p.m. on Thursday. It reads: "National Weather Service has issued flood watch for this weekend. Please monitor forecast for potential flooding."
Alert details state that the severity, urgency and certainty are "unknown." The National Weather Service describes the alert as a flash flood watch.
The northwestern Ohio detailed forecast from the NWS follows:
The Bluffton University men's basketball team traveled to Defiance, Ohio, for a mid-week clash with conference-rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Jan. 8. After knocking off a tough Transylvania team last weekend, the Beavers were looking to extend their win streak to two games and they did just that. Bluffton led for the majority of the game, but it went down to the wire as expected in the rivalry clash as the Beavers found themselves on top, 68-64. Bluffton improved to 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance fell to 7-5 overall and 2-3 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team traveled to Heartland Conference rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. The Beavers dropped a 55-50 decision to the Yellow Jackets. Bluffton slipped to 8-4 (2-3 HCAC) on the season, while Defiance improved to 4-8 (3-2 HCAC).
After a Yellow Jacket bucket and a slow start for the Beavers, Brianna Gillig (New Riegel) hit a shot to knot the score at 2-2. Two more Bluffton buckets from Abbie Parkins (Bluffton) and Nora Hemminger (McComb) left the Beavers down by three (11-8) at the end of the first.
