There is something for everyone during the 72nd year of the event. Games and entertainment for the kids, raffles, and drinks for the adults, and food and fireworks for all to enjoy. They will be giving away 72 dollars every hour the festival is running, and they will have the Ohio MIA POW wall on display. The festival has become more than a fundraiser over the past seven decades. It's become an annual tradition for people to meet up in Wapakoneta over the 4th of July holiday.

The Lima Fire Department was called to a house fire at 1011 West Elm. Heavy smoke was seen coming from the back of the house when they arrived on the scene. Fire officials on the scene say they don’t know the cause of the fire but they do believe it started in the kitchen and worked its way up the wall to the second story of the home.