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Raegan Cox will compete in Ohio Has Talent on Feb. 23

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A young performer with an Ada connection will perform in the Saturday, Feb. 23, Ohio Has Talent competition, at Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Van Wert.

Raegan Cox, 14, a Miller City HS freshman, is the performer. Her father is Craig Cox and mother is Heather Cox, assistant vice president/director of marketing at Liberty National Bank. Raegan has performed in Ada at several events including the Harvest and Herb Festival and Community Health Professionals Beacon of Hope.

She has been singing and entertaining people for most of her life. In 5th grade, she was accepted in an All-State Choir and performed with 88 other 4thand 5th graders at Capital University.

Classes, rehearsals, student activitiers, administrative offices

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Ohio Northern University will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 30 due to the National Weather Service Wind Chill Warning. All academic classes are cancelled, including rehearsals and student events. Administrative offices, including the Student Health Center, are closed.

McIntosh Dining will open tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. McIntosh Dining hours will be otherwise unaffected by the closure (menus subject to change). Wow Café will open at 4:30 p.m. and is expected to remain open until Midnight. Cosi at Northern will open at 7:30 a.m. and will offer uninterrupted service until 10 p.m.

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A high of 46 last Wednesday and a low of -1 the day before. Here's the previous seven day weather highs and lows from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Blame it on the weather

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Ada school will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 30, and Thursday, Jan. 31, due to low temperatures and wind chill, according to Meri Skilliter, superintendent.

The announcement was made on Ohio Alerts at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
 

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Robert T. “Tom” Rieman, 68, died on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at 9:54 a.m. at his residence in Ada.

He was born on Aug. 30, 1950, in Columbus Grove, Ohio, to the late Robert F. Rieman and Norma Jean (McBride) Rieman Hanson. 

Robert was a horse trainer for Green Tree Stables, Ada. 

He is survived by his son, Cole T. Rieman of Ada; a brother, Tony Rieman of Scottsdale, Ariz., and a sister, Jennifer (Jerry) Liebrecht of Peoria, Ariz.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, P.O. Box 38, Ada, Ohio 45810 for the benevolence of the family.  

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Anticipated temperatures of 15-below zero on Wednesday evening have forced the postponement of Ohio Northern's men's and women's basketball games with Baldwin Wallace to Thursday evening.

The Polar Bear men will now host the Yellow Jackets on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center and the Polar Bear women will travel to Berea for a 7 p.m. contest at Ursprung Gymnasium.

Check back to ONUSports.com for more details as they become available.

 

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