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18 hours agoBy Paula Pyzik Scott This week ONU's Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The guest director and choreographer is Jenni Barber, who made her Broadway debut in this show. Barber's Broadway…
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September 25Janine Elizabeth (Minnich) Millager, 87, was a lab technician
Janine Elizabeth (Minnich) Millager, a longtime resident of Bluffton and then of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on September 18, 2026, at the age of 87. She was born on May 5, 1939, to Marion (Tam) and Helen Minnich in Continental, Ohio. She met the love of her life,…
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September 22Bulldog volleyball win in four vs. Pandora-Gilboa
By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Mark Andreasen PANDORA__The visiting Ada High School volleyball team lost the first game but came back to defeat Pandora-Gilboa over four sets in a Blanchard Valley Conference match on Monday, Sept. 21. The streaking Bulldogs won 17-25, 25-14, 25-21,…
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September 18Bulldog girls soccer scores first win vs. Columbus Grove
By Cort Reynolds / Photos by Aftan Dewese COLUMBUS GROVE__Playing their third road game in four days, the visiting Ada High School girls soccer team dug deep to rally late and defeat powerful Columbus Grove 4-3 in a wet, seesaw “Battle of the Bulldogs” on Thursday evening, Sept.…
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September 10Schumacher Homestead plans a farm full of Fall Fest activities
FROM THE SWISS COMMUNITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY__The public is invited to the Schumacher Homestead during the Bluffton Fall Festival on Saturday, September 26 from 10:00-3:00. The new Heritage Center will be open with demonstrators and exhibits, and the farmhouse, workshop, summer…
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September 9Sports By Cort Reynolds KALIDA – The visiting Bluffton High School boys soccer team tied Kalida 2-2 in a non-league match on Tuesday, September 8. The Pirates ran their record to 4-2-2 overall after the tie. The Wildcats are 5-2-1 overall with the result. The first Bluffton goal…
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