By Paula Pyzik Scott

October 2025 Highlights from Bluffton, Ohio is an archive of 30 articles selected from 183 published on BlufftonIcon.com. You’ll find fall sports highlights from Bluffton High School, pre-election features on local candidates for council, and the inauguration of J. Alexander Sider, Ph.D., as Bluffton University’s 11th President. (Links below and April-October index HERE.)

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OCT 1 Pirate girls soccer wins 2025-2026 NWC title

OCT 1 Invalid applications narrow voter options in Bluffton council race

OCT 4 September 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton School District

OCT 4 Replica rock of Bluffton on State Route 103

OCT 8 Walk this way

OCT 9 Nieman represents Pirates at tennis district tourney

OCT 10 Inauguration of J. Alexander Sider, Ph.D., as Bluffton University’s 11th President

OCT 10 Local quilters donate 97 baby quilts for foster children

OCT 11 Elizabeth Suter is Sept. 2025 BHS Student of the Month

OCT 15 Bluffton Council recap for October 13

OCT 14 Survey asks for feedback on traffic in Bluffton

OCT 16 Allen County schools share letter on funding shift

OCT 17 Pirate boys soccer edges Bryan in sectional shootout

OCT 18 October 2025 Bluffton Chamber takeaways

OCT 19 6 Pirate CC runners advance to regionals

OCT 19 A generous community inspires MHCO gala success

OCT 20 BCE-BACC Appreciation Dinner is postponed

OCT 20 By the numbers: Bluffton PD calls for September 2025

OCT 20 Bluffton, Findlay to continue Messiah tradition

OCT 21 Pirate girls soccer shuts out Ada in district semis

OCT 21 Bluffton Foot and Ankle will close on January 1, 2026

OCT 22 Bluffton photo competition kicks off November 1

OCT 22 Pirate boys soccer edged by Elida in district semifinals

OCT 24 Pirate girls soccer eliminated by Woodmore in District final

OCT 24 October 2025 Bluffton School Board meeting recap

OCT 23 Bluffton students get hands-on outdoor education at nature preserve

OCT 27 Full funding for Carlin and Sharon Carpenter Scoreboard Initiative announced

OCT 28 DeMarco Wealth Management Group celebrates major building refurbishment, new team members

OCT 28 Orange Township asks voters for renewal of tax levy on November 4

OCT 28 Your oldest neighbor: Bluffton's monumental oak

OCT 30 Three candidates are running for four open Bluffton Council seats

OCT 30 Local electricity aggregation customers notified of price increase

OCT 31 Peanut brittle making begins Nov. 3 at the Senior Center