MEDIA RELEASE–OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital is celebrating a major milestone in expanding access to advanced imaging services with the completion and opening of its newly constructed MRI department. Community leaders, physicians, and associates gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, December 10, marking the official launch of the enhanced space.
MEDIA RELEASE__Producers who spread pesticides and/or fertilizer and have previously had to obtain a license to do so, due to meeting certain definitions that are set by law and enforced by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, will need to renew and recertify their license that expires this year at the end of March 2025. Licenses expire every three years.
FROM FACEBOOK__Liberty Township announced the following on December 15: "Welcome our newest trustees for the next 4 years!
"Britton Devier and Trent Bass will be joining Trustee Jeff Acheson. Brad Hays and Gary Hull will be taking a much deserved retirement after over 40 years plus together."
Liberty Township Board of Trustees meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of the month at 7:00 p.m.
A mild-mannered Bluffton police officer by day, Austin Probst is a local farmer and videographer during the rest of his week. In November 2025, he introduced the Ohio Century Farm channel on YouTube, which gives viewers an inside look at the acres and cows that make up his operation near State Routes 235 and 103.
Videos are subtitled with the segments included. For example, the channel's first official video includes a morning milking, cleaning free stall barn, raking out free stalls and unloading and stacking hay.
Happy Monday, Ada! Here are AdaIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, December 8-14. For a chronological look at all Icon content, visit AdaIcon.com/archive.
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Semiquincentennial and Bisesquicentennial. A.k.a. 250 years. The United States will be celebrating its Semiquincentennial in 2026. Most event organizers are using the shorthand “America 250.” I learned these vocabulary-builders at America 250-Ohio.
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Downtown Ada was bustling with Merry on Main activities on Saturday, December 13. The annual event is promoted by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.
Families gathered at Depot Park to meet with Santa Claus and Ohio Northern’s lovable polar bear mascot, Klondike. The Depot was also the staging area for free horse-drawn wagon rides.
