The Allen County Health Department will have a Vaccine Clinic on August 18 at Bluffton Middle School from 10:00 a.m.-Noon.
To participate, sign up at the link below and click on the drop down arrow under appointment reason, then click on Bluffton Teen Clinic and sign up from there.
Any questions, please call Allen County Health Department.
JULY 29 MEDIA RELEASE__Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Pamela Boratyn announced details of a new plan to address the shortage of safe, accessible commercial-truck parking in Ohio by adding at least 1,400 new truck parking spaces across the state.
Following an extensive review of ODOT property, Ohio has identified 33 sites in 19 counties where long-term truck parking lots will be created or expanded, more than doubling current truck parking capacity at ODOT-maintained sites including the following in Allen County.
Bluffton will celebrate National Night Out on Tuesday, August 5 with an evening of swimming, food and fun. Admission to the Community Pool is free all day. Activities begin at 5:00 p.m. and the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will provide fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Bluffton University radio station 96.1 FM will broadcast music and thank you messages for all who contributed to the event.
Cost, on-street parking, noise and artificial turf among topics discussed
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On Monday, July 27, Bluffton Council conducted a public hearing on the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools (BEVS) request to vacate a portion of Vine St. to allow for the construction of a 1.2 acre athletic practice field. An active and sometimes emotional discussion included council members, school district representatives and residents, many of whom live near Lawn and Vine streets.
Machining and automation technology event - "The Future of Manufacturing - Made in the USA”
MEDIA RELEASE__GROB Systems, Inc., a global leader in the development of manufacturing systems and machine tools, has announced it will be hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event with twenty-one of its industry partners, at GROB’s North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton on August 5 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Memorial service at 11 a.m., August 16 at St. Paul’s Church, Ada
Jack Grant Reichenbach, 79, passed away July 27, 2025 at his residence in Bluffton. Jack was born October 18, 1945 in Bluffton to the late Herbert and Dorothy (Agner) Reichenbach. On July 8, 1970, he married Edith "Edie" Staley Reichenbach.
