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Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Resolution of the Bluffton Exempted Village School District, Ohio, passed on the 13th day of December 2021, there will be submitted to a vote of the people at the Primary Election to be held at the regular places of voting on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 2022 the question of imposing a school district income tax:

The ODOT District 1 public information office has announced a highway construction update for the week of April 18, 2022:

State Route 12 between the city of Findlay to the Putnam County line will have lane restrictions for pavement repairs.

All outlined work is weather permitting.

The Village of Bluffton has provided the following information on income tax returns. Want to go straight to tax forms? Visit https://www.bluffton-ohio.com/individual-forms.

It’s tax time again. Below you will find important information in regards to filing your 2021 Village of Bluffton income tax return. 

The Village of Bluffton income tax filing deadline date for tax year 2021 returns will be Monday, April 18, 2022, for all taxpayers, except fiscal year accounts or taxpayers on Federal extensions.  

On the afternoon of April 14, the man charged in the March 31 death of Bluffton police officer Dominic Francis pleaded innocent to all charges in a ten-count indictment in Hancock County Common Pleas Court. The following details were reported in the Findlay Courier.

Emin R. Johnson, 20, of Euclid, is believed to be the driver of the car that struck officer Francis. 

Johnson is now being held in the Hancock County Justice Center. Judge Reginald Routson continued Johnson’s bond at $500,000. 

On April 11, a Euclid man was indicted in the death of Bluffton police officer Dominic Francis, who was killed on March 31 while trying to stop a car fleeing at high speed near the I-75 exit at State Route 103.

Emin R. Johnson, 20, faces a 10-count indictment that includes charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated vehicular homicide. He is believed to be the driver of the car that struck Francis, according to the Findlay Courier. Johnson is currently in the Hancock County Justice Center,

Data by Guy Verhoff, National Weather Service observer in Pandora

Editor's note: Snow in the air but not on the ground for early April 2022.

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