Hardin County native Bill Allen of rural Forest was unanimously voted to be the grand marshal at this year's annual Labor Day Parade in Lima. Allen has 43 years as a member of Carpenter's Local 372.

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.

WAPAKONETA — The Kenton boys soccer team remained unbeaten, holding off Wapakoneta 4-3 in Western Buckeye League action on Tuesday night. The Wildcats trailed 1-0 in the in the first half before Hayden Hicks scored the first of his two tallies off an assist from Landon Bartlett to knot the game going into halftime.

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.

Benjamin Logan’s Rachel Mears (left) tries to get to the ball before a Bellefontaine player during the Central Buckeye Conference contest on Monday night. The Raiders, who fell to the Chieftains 5-0, drop to 2-5 overall, 0-3 in the CBC.

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.

Ada’s Varsity Singers opened the swing choir show Sunday afternoon at the grandstand of the 2017 Hardin County Fair. A crowd of 786 attended the concert which also featured singers from Hardin Northern, Kenton High School and Middle School, Ridgemont and Riverdale.

The title of Showman of Showmen for the 2017 Hardin County Fair went to Cassidy Deckling of the Hardin Northern FFA. Participants consisted of the senior showmanship winners of each species at the fair. The winner was awarded $100, a lawn chair and a vase by the sponsors. Deckling is the daughter of Rob and Traci Deckling of Dunkirk.