Ohio Dept. of Agriculture information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is accepting public comments on a draft Permit to Install and a draft Permit to Operate (PTO) for Blue Stream Dairy located in Van Wert County, Tully Township, at 3242 Mentzer Church Road near Convoy. The farm, which is in the Auglaize […]
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 11:45 pm. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Solid Waste Management District has announced the township recycling schedule for the month of May. Hours for the township drop-off service are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Residents and businesses can also deliver clean recyclable materials to the recycling drive-through located at the Van Wert Recycling Center on North Washington Street in Van Wert, […]
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The Van Wert High School Music Department will present a concert on Wednesday, May 4, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio as preparation for the upcoming Ohio Music Educators Association state band and choir contest. Beginning at 7:30 that evening, the concert will feature the Concert Choir, Concert Band and Symphony Band. […]
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 11:40 pm. FILED UNDER: News
The Evergreen Garden Club will host a perennial plant sale in Fountain Park, starting at 8 a.m. this Saturday, May 7. Fountain Park is located at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets in downtown Van Wert, just south of Brumback Library. Perennial plants will be dug from garden club members’ own gardens and sold […]
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 11:32 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Carl R. Thatcher, 89, of Van Wert, died at 8:28 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born October 29, 1921, in Jackson Township, Van Wert County, the son of the late Harvey G. and Esther (Baker) Thatcher. He married Eloise (Carlo) Thatcher, who survives in Van […]
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 5:13 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The candidates for the Republican nomination for Van Wert Municipal Court — the only countywide race to be decided on Tuesday — features two people whose backgrounds include a number of similarities, but also quite a number of differences as well. Incumbent Judge Jill Leatherman is a lifelong Van Wert city resident […]
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Van Wert High School juniors and seniors and their guests spent Saturday night in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory — which was the theme for the 2011 VWHS prom. Revelers danced through the night (above and below) in the Van Wert Middle School gymnasium (click here for more prom photos). (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 4:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol held a graduation ceremony for 46 cadets, including a Van Wert resident, at the Patrol’s Training Academy. The Patrol’s 150th Academy Class graduated today after 29 weeks of rigorous law enforcement training. Ohio Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder made the keynote address. Director Thomas P. Charles, […]
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There was a lot of neon during Crestview High School’s Junior-Senior Prom held Saturday at the Edgewood Park Community Building. Dancers all had a blue glow as they were dancing (above) while the sign at the entrance to prom (below) proclaimed its theme: Neon Knight Club. (Photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent; click here for […]
POSTED: 05/02/11 at 4:03 am. FILED UNDER: News