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Great job, Monty!

Monty Siekerman chats with Howard Fenton (center) and DeBow Freed during a retirement reception in Monty's honor at Cosi on Dec. 19. He will retire as editor of the Ada Icon on Dec. 31. Persons interested in sending him a note may do so at [email protected]

Women’s basketball now 1-4 in OAC

TIFFIN — The Ohio Northern women's basketball program lost 82-77 in overtime to Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg Wednesday in Tiffin.

 

With the loss, the Polar Bears move to 6-4 overall and to 1-4 in OAC action. The Student Princes are now 5-5 overall and 2-3 in the OAC.

 

Northern received 20 points from senior guard Jenna Dirksen and 18 points from junior center Emily Meschler.

ONU men 66- Heidelberg 73

Ohio Northern men’s basketball lost to Heidelberg 73-66 to Heidelberg Wednesday at the ONU Sports Center. Junior Austin Allemeier and Ryan Bruns each scored 20 points for ONU. The Polar Bears are now 3-7 overall and 0-5 in the OAC, while the Student Princes improve to 2-5 and 2-2 in the conference.

Late Cory run stings Ada boys

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - Visiting Cory-Rawson outscored Ada 22-10 down the stretch to defeat the non-league local rival Bulldogs 51-44 in a hard-fought boys basketball battle Wednesday night.

The tough-luck Bulldogs drop to 0-7 with the defeat, while the Hornets improve to 2-3 with the victory.  

The purple and gold led 34-29 after a reverse layup by Phillip Coulson off a nice baseline back cut and Brandon Hull feed. But then Cory, which had led most of the first 20 minutes, began to rally.

Ohio makes sweeping reforms to protect consumers

And, further Strengthen Ohio's insurance industry

Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced passage of a number of changes to Ohio law that will benefit Ohio consumers while further strengthening Ohio’s robust insurance market. Among the changes made by Ohio’s legislature are sweeping cybersecurity reforms that will help to better protect Ohio consumers while providing a level playing field for Ohio insurers.

Grant funds from OhioMeansJobs – Allen County

Goes to Mercy Health - St. Rita’s Medical Center

St. Rita’s Medical Center is the recipient of grant funds from OhioMeansJobs – Allen County to help current employees continue to grow and gain additional jobs skills. St. Rita’s has been a long-time participant in the Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) program.

The purpose of the IWT is to support training projects that will benefit local business and industry by assisting the skill development of existing employees. The training is expected to lead to the creation of new jobs, retention of jobs, increased wages for better-trained workers, a higher-skilled workforce, and a more profitable business climate.

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