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Designed for the last-minute shoppers of Bluffton gifts

The Icon scrunched the 12 Days of Christmas into the 5 Icon Days of Christmas, in honor of those last-minute shoppers who want to shop local. Here's four ideas, plus one bonus idea, for the 3rd Icon Day of Christmas.

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Last-minute shopper ideas for Bluffton gifts

The Icon scrunched the 12 Days of Christmas into the 5 Icon Days of Christmas, in honor of those last-minute shoppers who want to shop local. Here's four ideas, plus one bonus idea, for the 2nd Icon Day of Christmas.

Designed for that last-minute shopper for local gifts

The Icon scrunched the 12 Days of Christmas into the 5 Icon Days of Christmas, in honor of those last-minute shoppers who want to shop local. Here's four ideas, plus one bonus idea, for the 1st Icon Day of Christmas.

At least one large flock of sandhill cranes was spotted recently in the skies over Bluffton.

To be more exact it's a construction, dance, sedge, siege or swoop of cranes  – not a flock.

Jodi Brauen shared this photo and the Icon has heard from other viewers that they have also spotted these large birds in the area.

Click here for a YouTube video (not taken in Bluffton, but give you a better idea of what to watch for in area skies).

FROM ADA ICON  - (This photo story is also on Bluffton Icon. ) Don't be surpised if you find polar bears on Christmas trees on the ONU campus. It's a local phenomenon, as all Ohio communities carry on their own holiday tree ornament traditions.

For example, in neighoring Bluffton it is not surprising to find a beaver on a tree, as is evident in the next photo in this series. (This story is also posted on Ada Icon.)

Interstate 75 state Route 103 may have overnight lane closures on Wednesday, Dec. 18, into Thursday, Dec. 19, for utility work, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. 

The work is expected at state Route 103 at midnight, possible closing one lane of Interstate 75 southbound.

Work is being performed by Asplundh Construction, Willow Grove, Penn.

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