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Minus 12 reading on Jan. 3 is a chilly fact

Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, provides the cold, hard facts about exactly how cold it was last week.

From Jan. 1 to Jan. 6, the “highest” daily low temperature was 1 degree on Jan. 4 and 7. The warmest reading during that period was 16 degrees on both Jan. 3 and 4.

Here are the daily maximum and minimum temperatures from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8.

MaxPrep Small Schools list

She among the nation’s top volleyball hitters. It only took 80 sets for her to get 665 kills (a per set mark of 8.3). She also averaged 4.0 digs and 4.7 serve receptions per set, as well as serving 38 aces and blocking 67 shots.

“She” is Ada’s Melina Woods, recently name to the second team MaxPreps 2017 high school Small Schools All-American Girls’ Volleyball team.

Here’s the other All-American’s in Melina’s class.

All three members are ONU law grads

By Monty Siekerman
The Third District Court of Appeals, consisting of three judges who are all ONU law graduates, heard oral arguments in a criminal case and a civil case out of Hancock County when they met at the law school today (Tuesday).

The court has been meeting at Ohio Northern each January for more than 30 years to give the law students and the public a better understanding of the appellate process.

And, yes, there was security because the cases are the real thing, not practice. The court has had ONU law graduates comprise the majority of the court for many years.

Kids could make snowmen outside or in the warmth of the Ada Public Library on Tuesday morning. The inside snowmen consisted of marshmallows glued to paper during craft time at a story hour for preschoolers. Here, Quinn, 2, and Junia, 4, complete their works of art to show their mom, Anne Marie Spelman. (Monty Siekerman)

Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series

Ted Yoder, virtuoso, hammered dulcimer musician, will perform on the next Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series.

His performance is 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 27, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

Here's a description of Yoder's talents:
Yoder has revolutionized the hammered dulcimer through his pop symphonic approach on the instrument as a solo performer.

The Ohio Northern women's basketball team cracked the top-10 in the sixth weekly D3Hoops.com poll after jumping four spots to No. 10 in the sixth weekly coaches poll.

After falling in their season-opener, the Polar Bears (12-1 overall, 6-0 OAC) have won 12 straight, including handing undefeated and nationally-ranked Marietta its first loss of the season.

The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm as they welcome OAC-foe Baldwin Wallace to the ONU Sports Center

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