By the end of the working day today (Friday, Oct. 20) the Bentley Road Interstate 75 overpass will be open to traffic, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The southbound entrance ramp (to Lima) onto I-75 may be delayed until power for a traffic signal at the ramp is open. At 8:30 a.m. this morning the status of the signal was not yet resolved.
The overpass, which includes a bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad and Interstate 75 was closed on June 5 for repair.
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
They didn’t do this when we were in school! Wish they did.
Earlier this month and for the fourth year, all Bluffton seventh graders participated in an Outdoor Camp learning experience at Camp Berry Boy Scout Camp in rural Findlay.
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Kyle Leatherman, middle school principal, said that the two-night, three-day session had a focus on science and mathematics. Ninety-four students participated.
Lauren Moser is the seventh grade science teacher.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) will held on at 7 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Hancock County Ag. Center on County Road 140, Findlay, according to Phil Martin, director.
The program part of the meeting will start at 7:30 a.m. Updates and review of the work of the BRWP in 2017 will be presented.
By Monty Siekerman - Ada Icon
A Hardin County wind turbine project is being placed east of Ada this fall.
• The turbines are gigantic compared to the three at ONU and the one at Ada Schools. The tower of these is 300 feet high, the blade is 150 feet long, thus when a blade is pointing up, the turbine reaches 450 feet from the ground.
The Bluffton Police Department recently met the requirement to receive Provisional Certification through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Certification program, according to Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief.
This achievement means that the Bluffton police department has adopted and implemented state standards established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board as part of the state’s efforts to strengthen community and police relations.
