Jalapeno's chicken tortilla voted Buy Ada First soup-off winner
Over 125 Halloween party-goers enjoyed the best soup in Ada on Monday during the first-ever Buy Ada First soup cookoff.
Jalapenos were voted the favorite of four soups, in a close voting, Jalapeno's winning entry was chicken tortilla soup. Other soup competitors were chili soup from Ada Express Mart, Italian wedding soup from Little Mexico and curried squash soup from Sodexo.
Kaleigh Heitmeyer was the winner of the Pumpkins on Main hunt. Her entry was chosen from all the participants in the contest. She won a gift basket of prizes.
The word or number answers to the pumpkin hunt follow:
1 - Quest Federal Credit Union - "Ghost"
2 - Ada Herald - "Goblin"
3 - Body Works - "Cobweb"
4 - Century 21 - "Pumpkin"
5 - Edward Jones - "100"
6 - Ada Flea Market - "Boo"
7 - Little Mexico - "45"
8 - Jalapeno's - "8"
9 - Reichert's - "63"
10 - Health Chek - "Black Cat"
11 - Vicki's Music Studio - "Eerie Music"
12 - Hays Insurance - "73"
13 - Liberty National Bank - "Candy"
14 - The Depot - "Scarecrow"
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Thursday, October 29, 2026
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- Kenton missing person investigation leads to arrests and discovery of deceased individual
- Ada Council meeting rescheduled for November 10
- District Governor urges Ada Rotary to make lasting impact
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Leading fish expert to deliver Keiser Lecture at Ohio Northern on Nov. 3
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- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Bulldogs Allen, Rush voted 1st team by NCOSA coaches
- Ada girls soccer eliminated by Grove in district semis
- Northwest Ohio field reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Can you look up Rotarian in the dictionary?
- Vancrest of Ada to host purse bingo in Kenton
- Karen Kier named to Soroptimist International Gender Medicine Working Group
- Ada ballot for Nov. 3 includes ambulance district, public library and two park district tax levy issues
Monday, October 26, 2026
- Polar Bears sports roundup, October 19-25
- Bluffton Icon headlines October 26
- Jerry R. Wolber, 88, owned Associated Plastics
- Blanchard Valley Health System Announces Updates to Board of Trustees
- Bingo with Officer Penny, October 27
- Farms, Barns & Rural Heritage event celebrates WCOLC 20th anniversary