The Van Wert County Board of Elections has announced that the close of registration for the May 3 Primary Election is Monday, April 4, at 9 p.m. The Board of Elections office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 4. Anyone not currently registered in Van Wert County or who has […]
POSTED: 03/23/11 at 1:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
POSTED: 03/23/11 at 1:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
It’s getting to be crunch time. In the college basketball world they call it March Madness. For those of us in performing arts, the same holds true. We are trying to put finishing touches on a brand new season for the upcoming year. Who and what we program each year gives us our identity for much […]
POSTED: 03/23/11 at 1:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Tony L. Grieshaber, 52, of Van Wert, died at 12:29 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born May 26, 1958, in Van Wert, the son of the late Joseph B. and Roxie (Routt) Grieshaber. On October 4, 1980, he married Lucy (Mullen) Grieshaber, who survives in Van Wert. Mr. Grieshaber […]
POSTED: 03/23/11 at 1:36 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a Burglary at 332 N. Chestnut St. Sometime on March 13, between 1 and 11:30 p.m., someone entered the residence and made off with a black Nintendo Wii System and several games. If you have any information […]
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 2:33 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert independent/VW Service Club information Five area girls have been selected for the 2011 R.K. Thompson Self Reliance Award, according to Andy Gearhart and John Gemmer, co-chairman of the Van Wert Service Club’s selection committee. The awards banquet is to be held on Tuesday, April 19. The program provides cash awards to Van Wert […]
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 2:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 2:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor LIMA – An area man who slit the throat of another man while robbing him of money the victim obtained from selling heroin had his 2010 sentence upheld by the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals in a decision made public Monday. Port A. Miler had appealed a sentence of life without […]
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 1:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
Four people were hurt, none apparently seriously, in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of U.S. 127 and U.S. 224 Monday afternoon. Investigating were troopers from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, while the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department, Brickner’s Ambulance Service and Convoy Fire Department were all at […]
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 12:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
On Monday, April 11, the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will begin rehearsals for the upcoming concert season. Rehearsals are held in the S.F. Goedde Building band room (former high school), 205 W. Crawford St., from 7:30-9 p.m. The band is open to those wanting to play their instruments in an adult concert band. […]
POSTED: 03/22/11 at 12:45 am. FILED UNDER: News