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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Saturday-Sunday, January 24-25 with the possibility of 4-7 inches of snow.

Ohio Northern's spring semester began on January 20, a day that indeed felt polar on the Tundra and throughout the campus. Temperatures approached zero in the early hours on Tuesday.

Follow-up Utilities Committee meeting scheduled for February 3

By Alec Keller

The Ada Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 20 with all members present and Mayor Dave Retterer presiding. No pending legislation or ordinances were on the agenda for the evening. The full meeting packet is HERE.

WATER EMERGENCY
Village resident Anita Stephenson was invited to address Council to express her concerns in the wake of the drinking water issue in which lime was overfed at the village’s water treatment plant on Friday, January 16.

By Karen Kier
ONU Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Cruisin’ was released by Motown Records on August 20, 1979, and would hit number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.  The song was sung by Smokey Robinson and he wrote the lyrics with fellow Miracles member Marv Tarplin. The song was a bigger hit in New Zealand, where it hit #1.  The lyrics never indicate how one is cruising along, whether it be in a car, a boat or another form of transportation. 

MEDIA RELEASE__The Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame is honored to announce the 2026 Hall of Fame class of inductees. 

Jeff Fries
Ada High School graduate (1976); Defiance College (1976-77); Mt. Vernon Nazarene College (1977-1980).

The Lima News has reported that several people were injured in a January 19 crash involving a mini van and a Robinaugh EMS ambulance.

The incident occurred around 3:42 a.m. on State Route 309 between Township Road 15 and Township Road 25 in Liberty Township, Hardin County.

The van, operated by Monte Allen, 41, Lima, crossed the center line and struck a westbound ambulance, which overturned.

Occupants were extricated by first responders. Air and ground ambulances were used to transport the patients. The report said injuries wre not life-threatening.

The accident remains under investigation.

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