POSTED: 03/16/11 at 2:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
The local Family and Children First Council is asking residents to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child (April 10-16). As part of the national Week of the Young Child celebrated across the country, Van Wert County is honoring young children and all those who make a difference in children’s lives. […]
POSTED: 03/16/11 at 1:31 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police March 14, 1:13 p.m. — A resident of the 100 block of East Sycamore Street reported that someone damaged a laundry room door at his apartment house by prying off the lock hasp. March 14, 9:48 a.m. — A resident of the 200 block of Woodstock Drive reported that someone stole money […]
POSTED: 03/16/11 at 12:22 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
This past Saturday was a banner day for Van Wert High School. Many read the sports page of the newspaper and saw that the Cougars won a thriller basketball game over the Celina Bulldogs Saturday night. Congratulations to Coach Froelich and the Cougar basketball team and we wish them good luck at Regionals this week. […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 11:28 pm. FILED UNDER: News
ROCKY McVAIGH/independent sports FREMONT – This past weekend, the YMCA Van Wert Marlins brought home first place in Division 4 at the Northwest Ohio YMCA League Swim Championships held in Fremont. The Marlins will send three swimmers on to the YMCA Great Lakes Regional Zones next weekend at Ohio State University. Making the trip to […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 11:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Morgan L. Fortney, 87, of Convoy, died at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born April 20, 1923, in Dixon, the son of the late Earl and Mabel (Miller) Fortney. On November 15, 1947, he married Mary L. (Baker) Fortney, who survives at the residence. Other […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 8:15 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a burglary at 515 S. Walnut St. Sometime between 12:20 and 4:45 p.m. February 14, someone entered the residence and made off with a three-diamond engagement ring and an opal ring with a gold band. If you […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 3:06 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert Police March 13, 3:18 a.m. — Nicole B. Russell, 25, of Spencerville, was arrested for operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI) as a result of a report that a man was intoxicated at Pak-A-Sak, 800 N. Washington St. March 13, 11:22 p.m. — A city resident reported that someone entered his residence and […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 3:02 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor With confusion on the beer concession issue growing with each meeting, Van Wert City Council made sure the issue was dead, killing it Monday night with a 4-3 vote rejecting legislation needed to provide an exception to an longstanding ordinance banning alcohol on public property. Larry Lee, executive director of the Van […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 2:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor CONVOY – The Crestview Local Board of Education added a make-up day to its calendar for the 2010-2011 school year and also discussed the possibility of lengthening school days 30-60 minutes to avoid having to add more days in June. Superintendent Mike Estes noted that Crestview has used 10 calamity days this […]
POSTED: 03/15/11 at 1:40 am. FILED UNDER: News