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On February 2 many community members reached out to the Ada Icon with information and photographs relating to the fire at Viva Maria restaurant. Thank you so very much for supporting Ada in this way. We will continue to share information on how the fire has impacted local residents and businesses. Please email [email protected], call 567-400-4266 (leave a messsage if we don't answer) or tag @adaicon on Facebook.

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MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE), in partnership with the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, is inviting current and aspiring business owners to participate in the 2026 Small Business Information Series, a six-week educational program designed to support local entrepreneurship and economic growth.

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FROM FACEBOOK__The Ada Public Library's February 2026 activity calendar has arrived!

Some things happening this month:

Adult Book Group -- Tuesday, Feb. 3 @ 7 pm

Johnny Appleseed Winter Program -- Feb. 5 @ 1pm

History Book Group -- Tuesday, Feb. 10 @ 7pm

STEAM Day -- Saturday, Feb. 14 @ 1pm

Amish Book Group -- Tuesday, Feb. 17 @ 1 pm

Tween Art -- Thursday, Feb. 19 @ 3 pm

Chocolate Bake-Off -- Saturday, Feb. 21 @ 1pm

Bingo with Officer Penny -- Tuesday, Feb. 24 @ 7 pm

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Hanson-Neely-Allison Funeral & Cremation Services experienced a temporary outage of Brightspeed phone services on Monday, February 2.

Service has now been restored and calls can be received at the main phone number, 419-634-2936.

 

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PHOTO by Noah Zimmerly

UPDATED 8:45 a.m. February 3

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Firefighters have responded to a blaze at Viva Maria Italian Restaurant in the 100 block of South Main St. on the afternoon of Monday, February 2.

The Hardin County dispatch center received a 911 call at about 1:45 p.m. Multiple fire departments joined the Ada-Liberty Fire Department in responding to the incident.

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By Stephanie Karhoff
OSU Extension

MEDIA RELEASE__The Agronomic Crop Management session will offer the latest research on a wide range of agronomic topics at the 2026 Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference (CTTC) on March 10-11, at the MacIntosh Center at Ohio Northern University.

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