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Wapakoneta defeated Bluffton boys' 51-41 in a non-conference basketball game Tuesday night. Wapak was led in scoring by Adam Scott with 17. The Pirates were led by Jared Piercefield with 11. Click here for the complete story.

Minus 12 reading on Jan. 3 is a chilly fact

Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, provides the cold, hard facts about exactly how cold it was last week.

From Jan. 1 to Jan. 6, the “highest” daily low temperature was 1 degree on Jan. 4 and 7. The warmest reading during that period was 16 degrees on both Jan. 3 and 4.

Here are the daily maximum and minimum temperatures from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8.

Tickets available for Feb. 15 evening event

On the day following Valentine’s Day, spend an elegant evening in the company of loved ones and friends during “Love is in the Air.”
 
This “Thursdays at Yoder” event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the lobby of Yoder Recital Hall and will feature an evening of live music by Bluffton’s talented faculty and students.

A male cardinal perches in the bracken of winter near Big Riley Creek, dressing up an otherwise brown January Bluffton landscape.

Jerry Cupples elected council president in 2018

Ben Stahl, who was the fifth highest vote getter – the top four were seated on council - in the November Bluffton council election, is now a council member.

He was appointed to the council vacancy, which opened when council member Richard Johnson became mayor in late December.

His appointment follows a tradition by council of naming the next-in-line highest vote getter to fill a council vacancy. The previous council did not follow this tradition.

2016 stats compared to 2017 stats - attachments below

Bluffton police experienced a 1,350 increase in the number of calls for service from 2016 to 2017, according to Ryan Burkholder, police chief.

Those calls numbered 4,278 in 2016 and jumped to 5,528 in 2017.

Five attachments compare 2016 stats by month to 2017 stats by month. Some of the comparison include:

18 breaking and entering (2017)
17 breaking and enterings (2016)

463 vehicle investigations (2017)
401 vehicle investigations (2016)

279 house checks (2017)
145 house checks (2016)

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