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Village capital campaign will help create "Magic on Main"

The Beautification/Revitalization Committee of the Village of Ada has announced that a Magic on Main capital campaign will bring new downtown décor for the holiday season.The campaign will also fund ongoing enhancements for banners and flowers for other seasons.

The Village is accepting donations to directly support the Magic on Main components: seasonal snowflakes, wreaths and light pole garlands.

Autumnal Equinox open house at ONU Observatory

 The ONU Observatory will host its second astronomy public event for the fall semester this Friday:

The Autumnal Equinox
8:30-10:30 p.m., September 22
ONU Observatory, 800 W. Lincoln Ave.

The public is invited to drop by the ONU Observatory between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. for an autumnal equinox star party. The autumnal equinox is the start of fall and it officially happens on September 23 at 2:50 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

Mullins and Stone discuss phonics improvement collaboration

Dr. Amy Mullins, associate professor of education and director of graduate programs in education at Bluffton University and Katrina Stone ’25, Bluffton University information technology major, will present the Colloquium, “Phonics Innovations: Technology and Education Departments Collaborating to Provide Literacy Tools” at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.

ONU Women's Golf shatters 18 and 36 hole school records

TIFFIN—The Ohio Northern women's golf team shattered the school's 18 and 36-hole team records, firing a 309-302—611 to win the 7-team Heidelberg Fall Invitational Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17 at the Fostoria Country Club.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (9-0)
  • Venue: Fostoria Country Club, Fostoria, Ohio
  • Par-72, 5807-yard course, featuring seven teams and 81 golfers

Findlay man sought following high speed chase on Sept. 18

A Findlay man led law enforcement on a high speed chase and avoided capture in a cornfield on September 18, according to a report from Your Hometown Stations of Lima.

Findlay police attemped to pull over Jaden Thomas, 29, who was driving a stolen car. Thomas was recognized as having a warrant out for his arrest.

U.S. News & World Report now ranks ONU second in Midwest regional colleges

Ohio Northern University has jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Colleges Midwest list for 2024. According to the publication, “These colleges focus on undergraduate education but grant fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts disciplines.” A total of 370 schools were ranked in the Best Regional Colleges Midwest category.

The report overview reads, “Ohio Northern University is a private institution that was founded in 1871. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,569 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 342 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Ohio Northern University's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Colleges Midwest, #2. Its tuition and fees are $37,600.”

The university’s acceptance rate is listed as 54%.

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