Fall festival update: here's what's happening at MMH and Maple Crest
The Bluffton community’s 16th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Each day this week the Icon features one of the locations in the festival.
Here's what's happening at Mennonite Memorial Home
410 W. Elm St.
• A silent auction is now underway at the Mennonite Memorial Home.It continues until noon on Saturday.
• A bake sale is Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
• On Saturday is a food tent, crafts with Hilty Preschool and Child Care, S’mores with Bluffton/Pandora Campus Life, M&R Plumbing Putt-Putt, kiddie train, face painting, straw dig, fun photo booth, maple syrup and Lawn Jenga
At Maple Crest Senior Living Village
700 Maple Crest Ct.
• 10th annual antique tractor show
• music by The Standard Time Jazz Quintet, 11 – 11:45 a.m. and 1 – 1:45 p.m.
• Kiddie tractor pull, registration 12:30-1:00 p.m., pull starts 1 p.m.
• Fishing derby (bait and poles provided), 2-3 p.m.
Food for sale
• Wooden tractors/toys for sale.
Stories Posted This Week
Monday, October 19, 2026
- Jess Express Travel is the Icon's newest advertiser
- Gatchel 7th in girls, Pirates 4th at NWC cross country meet
- Veterans invited to Pandora-Gilboa banquet, November 10
- October 19 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Wearable sculptures featured in exhibit On Soft Ground
- Historic depot rentals offered for meetings and parties
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Production offers a modern take on the story of St. Clare of Assisi
- Bluffton volleyball edged in 5 by Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer tie O-G
- Bluffton Council recap: Officers honored for 25 years of service
- Bluffton Clean Up teams up with Troop 3256 Cub Scouts
- Ada FFA: Feeding the Farmers
- Nov. 7 Fall Community Day at Bluffton University
- Quarry Farm Nature Preserve news for Fall 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator