Due to truck issues Republic was unable to complete its regular Wednesday refuse pick up in Bluffton. The route will be completed on Thursday, according to Scott Dunnigan of Republic.
In honor of National Apprenticeship Week, Rhodes State College, together with its partner GROB Systems, Inc., Bluffton, is recognizing 4th year apprentices at GROB at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14.
The apprentices have completed the required on-the-job training hours to be qualified as a journeyperson Industrial Machinist System Technician.
Certificates of Completion of their Apprenticeship are issued by the Ohio State Apprenticeship Council and will be presented Thursday.
Bluffton’s village planning commission, meeting Nov. 4, discussed phase II of the Parkview subdivision and also zoning along Jefferson Street between the railroad and county line.
Members of the planning commission are Mayor Richard Johnson, Bob Amstutz, Roger Edwards and Dick Ramseyer. Also attending were Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, and Mitch Kingsley, council representative.
Click here for the initial announcement of the development.
Here's the daily weather summary for November from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Snowfall on Nov. 11 reached 4.9 inches. Temperatures in the first 11 days of the month ranged from a high of 53 degrees on Nov. 6, to a low of 17 two days later.
At 7:50 a.m. Bluffton schools announced that school is cancelled for Tuesday, Nov. 12. Last night the school went on a 2-hour delay. The heavy and wet early winter snowfall is the cause.
The Allen County Sheriff has issued a Level I Roadway Advisory: Roadways are snow or ice covered with possible drifting. Driving conditions are hazardous.
Bluffton public works department salted bridges in the village at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. Currently two trucks with plows are working the streets and a third truck may be called later tonight.
