Ada's latest news

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Hardin County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting.

• U.S. 68 and State Route 309 will have moving operations for herbicidal spraying along the right-of-way and guardrail. 

• State Route 37 between the village of Forest and the Hancock County line will have lane restrictions for resurfacing.

• State Route 53 between the village of Forest and the city of Kenton will have lane restrictions for resurfacing.

If you’ve not visited Ada Public Library lately, you’d better stop in. Harry Potter is on the checkout desk as you can see on the photos in this series. You’ll be rewarded to view a very detailed fold-out of Harry’s realm.

So, you think you know Ada? You will find this circus poster in the main floor hallway in the Ada municipal building.

Here's an update on ONU men's spring sports.

SOCCER
Junior Bryan Kern (Rocky River) netted the lone goal in overtime to lead the fourth-seeded Ohio Northern men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory in the OAC Quarterfinals against fifth-seeded Mount Union Tuesday night at Kerscher Stadium.

With the win the Polar Bears improve to 6-3-1 overall and Mount Union ends their season 4-5-0.

With 5:15 remaining in the first overtime period, Kern shot a loose ball that bounced out to the top of the goal box, and drilled it past the goaltender to the bottom left of the goal to give ONU the victory.

Here's a summary of recent ONU women's spring sports.

VOLLEYBALL
Ohio Northern junior Hannah Irmer (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Libero of the Year, joining senior Hope Williamson (Noblesville, Ind./Herirtage Christian) and junior Melina Woods (Ada) on the 2020 All-Conference Volleyball team in voting conducted by the leagues 10 head coaches.

Irmer was also a First Team All-Conference selection. Woods was a Second Team pick and Williamson was named Honorable Mention All-OAC.

Call is Lincoln Avenue Phase III. Although Lincoln Avenue's reconstruction project is completed for travel, some aspects of the project are still in process include some drainage work seen here near the ONU athletic fields.

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