MOUNT BLANCHARD — Juleigha Collier crossed the finish line fifth of 77 runners to lead the host Lady Falcons to fourth place in the eight-team Riverdale Invitational on Thursday afternoon. Collier finished in a time of 22:22.25, which was just a second behind fourth place finisher Emma Steingass of Sylvania Northview.

DOLA — Last month, the view out the windows of Roger and Kathy Dirmeyer’s home in Washington Township was fields of corn and beans. Today, they are looking at seven commercial wind turbines. The Dirmeyers, along with several of their neighbors, packed the Washington Township Hall Wednesday evening to get answers about the road conditions and the future of the Hog Creek Wind Farm in their community.

Members of the Kroger Crusaders Relay For Life team presented a check for $10,592.72 to the American Cancer Society at the Kenton store on Wednesday.

MOUNT VICTORY — After a slow start, Ridgemont found its form against Upper Scioto Valley to claim a four set 22-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-11 Northwest Central Conference volleyball victory on Wednesday. The Gophers improve to 3-3 on the season and 1-1 in NWCC play, while the Rams fall to 0-9 and 0-1.

RIDGEWAY — With a tax renewal on the ballot in November, the staff of the Ridgemont Library is hoping residents of the district will visit the Ridgeway branch to meet the librarian and see the improvements made to the facility. Librarian Lauren Ater has been in charge of the branch since the resignation of Molly Gallo in 2014.

DOLA — Hardin Northern’s Madison Robson set them up and her attackers put them away in the Lady Polar Bears’ straight-set win over Riverdale on Tuesday night. The Polar Bears won the non-conference volleyball match at home by scores of 25-4, 25-16, 25-10.

ADA — The 32nd annual Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival is slated Saturday in downtown Ada. The festival will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The host Kenton girls soccer team kept it close against unbeaten and state-ranked Wapakoneta for nearly 60 minutes. However the floodgates opened after Marissa Raney netted a goal with 21:26 left in the game to put the Redskins ahead by two goals and the visitors scored three more times in the final 20 minutes on the way to a 5-0 Western Buckeye League win.

Few businesses who offer their products at the Hardin County Fair have become more of a family tradition than the waffles stand on the midway. Three generations of the Buerger family have used their vacations and weekends to keep the customers satisfied with their product.

Estimated attendance for the Hardin County Fair was 56,415, according to figures released by Judi Cronley, secretary/treasurer. That is an increase of more than 2,000 from last year’s estimate of 54,376.