OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) - Talk about an expensive drink. A man in northwest Ohio has shelled out $740 for the first beer ever sold at a county fair. Putnam County Fair officials auctioned off the first can of beer to raise money for the fair, which is about 50 miles south of Toledo. Lanny Wagner of Continental won the first can Thursday night along with a neon sign commemorating the event. He tells The Lima News that he plans on giving the sign to the American Legion Hall in his hometown. Now that the auction is over, the fair is selling cans of beer for $2.50 each.
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