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By Paula Pyzik Scott

Here in electronic form and soon to be available in print are the October 2026 Ada Icon Highlights. This issue includes 26 articles from the 141 items posted on AdaIcon.com during the past month. (October 2026 archive.)

Print copies will be delivered for in-house reading at the Ada Public Library, Beatitudes and Heterick Memorial Library. To request a copy for public use at your place of business, please email [email protected] or call 567-400-4266

Compiled by Liz Gordon-Hancock 

The following seven land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in October 2026 as reported on the websites of Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon and Hancock County, Ohio auditor Charity Rauschenberg.

ADDRESS - SALE DATE - SALE PRICE - LAND USE - FROM/TO

Residential

224 UNIVERSITY ST - 10/2/2026 - $350,000 - Two-Family Dwlg - From Austin Tafe to Spencer Otter

By Sean Beck

My fellow Ohioans,

[November 3] is election day, and boy, is it a big one. Not only are we electing local offices like County commissioners and other more localized positions, we are electing the entire slate of statewide executive branch offices and also the House of Representatives and a good chunk of the Ohio Senate.

I know we have all been inundated with political flyers from both major federal Senate candidates or whoever else has been sending this nonsense. Most of them don’t have decent information. None of them are worth giving an actual look at, so I want to leave you with this thought.

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Rita Jane Lilly, age 75, of Sabina, passed unexpectedly at home on Friday, October 30, 2026.

Born in Lima on September 20, 1951, Rita was the daughter of the late Aaron and Fern Wheeler Wright.

Spencer L. Hall, age 39, of Ada, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at Lima Memorial Health System.

The following results are from October 26 - November 1 of the Ohio Northern University 2026-27 athletics season as reported on www.ONUSports.com:

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