As published in the Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Bluffton News-Banner If you drove through downtown Bluffton on a recent Friday evening and saw flashing lights onthe dark second level of the Wells County Public Library and wondered, “What is going on inthere?” let me tell you: You missed out. It was Family Fun Night, anContinueContinue reading “Now is the time to support your local library”
Author Archives: Jessica Williams Bricker
Life is good with donkeys
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‘I love this town’
I have seen the best this community has to offer, and I’ve seen the worse. I have benefited from its benevolence and have been harmed by its malfeasance. The juxtaposition, the contradictions, that’s what makes a community revolve and evolve, right? At one point I considered moving away and never coming back. At another pointContinueContinue reading “‘I love this town’”
Local Love: Visit Wells County 2025
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How one Indiana public school district achieves a 100% graduation rate
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I Had Coffee With My Younger Self
I had coffee with my younger self in the mid-afternoon sun. She arrived running late from an after school activity and I was a few minutes early, enjoying the quiet. She showed up in mascara, jeans, an old T-shirt, and bright sneakers. I had a full face of subtle makeup and was dressed in businessContinueContinue reading “I Had Coffee With My Younger Self”
What I Would Have Missed
Here’s an incomplete list of things I would have missed if my life would have ended when my husband’s did: Discovering the early 2000s drama One Tree Hill Blasting Noah Kahan in the car with my kid Seeing P!NK live in concert Watching my kid thrive in school Rediscovering my love of reading Picking upContinueContinue reading “What I Would Have Missed”
What You Won’t Find at Our House for Halloween
Like many Midwesterners, I like fall. In fact, fall is my favorite season. Historically, I would say it’s because my birthday is in late August and I played high school golf, which is a fall sport. But also I like the changing of the leaves, the crisp temperatures perfect for sweaters and boots, and IContinueContinue reading “What You Won’t Find at Our House for Halloween”
A Look Back, A Look Forward
Hi, my name is Jessica and I am now an expert in something I never wanted to have any experience in. If you are new here, this is a portion of my life story that has shaped my adult life. In November 2021, my husband of four years died by suicide. The world of myContinueContinue reading “A Look Back, A Look Forward”
Providing students with hands-on career readiness
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