Regional news

The Icon caught this plate on Main Street. Certainly must be initials, but who's?

The roof on the new emergency department at Bluffton Hospital is nearing completion. Several other projects at the worksite are underway this week. The list follows:

Now that feels like November! While the daily high temperature readings for the past seven days remain higher than normal, the lows are in the 30s. Here's the daily high, low and precipitation record for the past seven days, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Prec.

This year marks the sixth year for the Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving day dinner, which was started in 1989 by the Chester Carey Family.

The Jerry Lewis's McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 25th from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Lima Veteran's Memorial Civic and Convention Center.

The Village of Bluffton's finance committee will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the town hall. According to Nancy Kindle, fiscal officer for the village, the purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 2011 health insurance renewal rates.

The now famous "deer walks into a bar" story with a Bluffton, Ohio, date line - yes, you saw it first on The Bluffton Icon - has captured worldwide fame.

Steve Harnish provided The Icon with the following links. This demonstrates how quickly a local story travels in the digital era. It all started on The Icon on Friday, Nov. 5, at 3:30 p.m. Here's how the story traveled in seven days.

Icon:

Pages