Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 06/10/11 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Fire and police officials are still investigating a fire that destroyed an old railroad building that had housed Van Wert Pallet for approximately the past six months. Van Wert Fire Chief Jim Steele noted Thursday afternoon that investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were on the scene for several hours that […]
POSTED: 06/10/11 at 3:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A man charged with rape was found competent to stand trial on the charges during a hearing held Thursday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Judge Charles D. Steele used information included in an examination by Court Diagnostic & Treatment Center in Toledo in determining that Jeremy Neeley, 23, was competent […]
POSTED: 06/10/11 at 3:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/County Health Department information With the large amounts of rain received this spring, mosquitoes are plentiful. The Van Wert County Health Department would like to remind the public to take precautions against mosquito bites and West Nile Virus. West Nile virus is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. It has caused […]
POSTED: 06/10/11 at 3:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners heard some good news on county finances during a department heads meeting Thursday morning and then worked on next year’s budget with County Auditor Nancy Dixon the rest of the day. Commissioner Gary Adams said County Treasurer Bev Fuerst had good news on permissive tax […]
POSTED: 06/10/11 at 3:10 am. FILED UNDER: News
Joseph Nicholas Campbell, 89, of Logan, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2011, at his residence after a brief illness. Born December 3, 1921, in Union Township, Van Wert County, he was the son of the late William Mason and Blanche Elizabeth (Fox) Campbell. Joe had retired from Logan Clay Products Company, was a former COBA […]
POSTED: 06/09/11 at 7:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A pallet fire burns bright (see inset) at an old former railroad building on Anderson Avenue that housed Van Wert Pallet. The fire was reported at 4:35 a.m. Thursday. click here for more photos and a video. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 06/09/11 at 5:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 06/09/11 at 2:32 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A man who failed to return to Van Wert County after being given temporary permission to see his son in Columbus three years ago was sentenced to serve his original nine-month prison term handed down in 2007 during a hearing in Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon. Blair Gordon said he has rehabilitated […]
POSTED: 06/09/11 at 2:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Storyteller Ellen Ford shows children a Native American flute that she later played as part of a presentation she gave Wednesday at Brumback Library to kick off the library’s Summer Reading Program (click here for a schedule of activities today and Friday). Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 06/09/11 at 2:21 am. FILED UNDER: News