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So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

A cast so far includes a hooded merganser, two mallards, a heron, many vultures, crows, Canada geese and a lone muskrat

Don't miss the photos of cast members at the bottom of this story -

The plot is a mystery.

The curtain opened in the first of many off-Broadway spring dramas involving actors of Little Riley Creek last week. We anticipated theatre, but never knew what type or when.

It started when a female hooded merganser showed up a week ago.

After watching this bird, common in the Midwest, but no-so-common on Riley Creek, others joined the cast.

Opening market day is Saturday, May 1

Bluffton Farmers Market registration underway

Registration forms for Bluffton Farmers Market vendors are now available at explorebluffton.com/farmers-market. The deadline for discounted full-year reservations is April 16.

New and returning vendors are invited to an online pre-season meeting with Bluffton Farmers Market manager Greg Probst at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23.

Vendor fees for 2021 are $12.00 per week. The full-season discounted fee is $220.00 and reserves a designated spot for the entire season, May-October.

ODOT is proposing to rehabilitate six culverts (located in Hancock, Hardin, and Wyandot Counties) in order to extend the life of the existing structures.

Construction activities may require temporary lane closures, but the need for full vehicular detours is not anticipated. Construction is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2023.

Hancock County –
U.S. 68 at mile marker 7.28 carrying an unnamed tributary to Eagle Creek, approximately 1.25 miles north of the village of Arlington.

The Ohio Department of Transportation is proposing to resurface a portion of U.S. 30 in Allen County in the summer of 2022.

Resurfacing is proposed from the railroad bridges located approximately one-half mile east of the State Route 65 interchange, just south of the Village of Cairo, to the ramps at the U.S. 30 and S.R. 696 interchange near the Village of Beaverdam.

 All work will occur within the existing roadway right of way.

Traffic detours are not anticipated during construction. 

So, far, Ohio individual tax date remains April 15

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced on March 17 that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.

Ohio tax date remains unchanged: While certain tax deadlines were extended for 2020, currently all Ohio tax return filings and payment due dates remain unchanged for 2021. Should this change, the Icon will announce it.

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