MEDIA RELEASE__ Bluffton University will celebrate Homecoming and Alumni Weekend Oct. 2-4, honoring 100 years of being Beavers. Alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends of the university are invited to return to campus for a weekend of celebration, connection and tradition.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club provided the following 2026 Allen County Junior Fair results for 26 participating members. The club received the Best Large Booth Award.
Ellery Byers
Making the Cut – A, Ohio State Fair Participant, Outstanding Exhibit
Payton Camper
Global Gourmet – A, Second Place
Ellie Dodds
Climbing Up – A, Second Place, Ohio State Fair Participant
FROM FACEBOOK__The ONU Healthwise Pharmacy issued an updated schedule on September 1, 2026. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Services offered:
20 locations and 30 performers for Play Music on the Porch Day
By Paula Pyzik Scott
August 29 was an extraordinary day in Bluffton. Twenty families invited other music lovers to drop by and enjoy live music on their front porch or back deck. Shady yards and pop-up canopies provided shelter on the sultry day, while food and drink vendors offered pick-me-ups. Thirty performers from as near as the next block and as far as Nashville provided the live entertainment.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
On August 25, 2026, we lost the beautiful and talented Dolly Parton. She left a wonderful legacy as a country music writer and performer. Her kindness was legendary. Dolly worked with so many different artists and covered many different genres, but she was pure country in her early career. On her fifth album with country legend Porter Wagoner in 1970, they recorded the song “Before Our Weakness Gets Too Strong.” In 1971, they won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a group or duo for the album Once More.
