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November 5, 2016
By: Samantha Granger, sports information assistant

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HANOVER, Ind. - The Bluffton University volleyball team showed its mettle with a five-set victory in a heavyweight battle with Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Bluffton improved to 22-8 and will move into the HCAC title contest with host and #1 seed Hanover, while Rose-Hulman finished its season with a 15-17 mark.

By Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

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The Bluffton University football team had little trouble with an overmatched Earlham College squad on a beautiful Saturday, Nov. 5. The Beavers improved to 7-2 overall and 5-2 in the Heartland Conference, while Earlham slipped to 0-9 and 0-7 in the HCAC.

Friday, Nov. 11, at First Mennonite Church

The Bluffton University Nutrition Association (BUNA) will hold its annual Harvest Dinner, benefiting both the Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation and the Lima-based Churches United Pantry, from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton.

This year’s dinner will include homemade soup, bread and dessert. Nonperishable food items will be accepted, as will cash and checks made payable to BUNA. All proceeds will benefit the two food pantries. 

Awarded “A” in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Blanchard Valley Hospital was recently honored with an “A” grade in the Fall 2016 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, accidents, injuries and infections. 

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were graded in Fall 2016, with 844 hospitals receiving an “A.”

A Life Flight helicopter from the Bluffton Airport landed directly on the northbound lane of Interstate 75 late Friday afternoon (Nov. 4).

The landing was a result of a two vehicle accident, which stopped northbound traffic.

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Bluffton EMS, fire and police on the scene

What appears to be a rear-end accident on northbound Interstate 75 has completely stopped traffic in the interstate.

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The accident may have occurred around 4:40 p.m. this afternoon. Photos taken by the Icon were at 4:55 p.m. A U-Haul truck has rear-ended another Pro Shear truck just on the north side of the overpass at State Route 103.

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