Wow! What a Christmas card

I just came from the Niswonger Performing Arts Center where I took a look at the stage in the Music Hall.  We are all set for the first Kenny G Christmas show tonight. As I looked at the stage while the lighting director was getting acclimated to the lighting console, I thought to myself, “This stage […]

William G. Hilton

William G. “Bill” Hilton, 93, of Convoy, died at 11:15 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2011, at his residence. He was born December 10, 1917, in Convoy, the son of the late Walter and Hattie (Hoelle) Hilton. On September 20, 1941, he married Roberta (Crabill) Hilton, who preceded him in death on April 22, 2007. Survivors […]

Lois I. Baker

Lois I. “Peg” Baker, 89, of Convoy, died at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Vancrest Health Care Center-Convoy Care Center in Convoy. She was born September 11, 1922, in Tully Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Joshua B. and Lola (Fulton) Feasby. She first married Gerald M. Myers, who died […]

U.S. 30 accident

What is being reported as a hit-skip accident that occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. Monday evening was still under investigation by the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol this morning. According to reports at the scene, a semi tractor-trailer rig driven west on U.S. 30 hit the rear of a Chrysler (shown above) […]

Eugene F. Utrup

Eugene F. Utrup, 82, of Delphos, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at his residence. He was born September 9, 1929. On June 11, 1955, he married Alice (Baldauf) Utrup, who preceded him in death on February 6, 2002. Survivors include two sons, Richard Utrup and Donald (Marilyn) Utrup, both of Delphos; three grandchildren; and seven […]

Pauline Swartz Robins

Pauline Swartz Robins, 92, of Delphos, died at 5:05 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2011, at Baptist Convalescent Center in Kentucky. She was born June 2, 1919, the daughter of the late Frank and Rose (Martin) Boberg. She first married the Rev. Lyle B. Swartz, who preceded her in death. She then married Stanley E. Robins, […]

Crime Stoppers 12/6/11

Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve an arson that occurred at 317 N. Walnut St. in Van Wert. On November 24, around 3 a.m., it is believed someone deliberately set fire to a 2001 Black Ford Mustang. The vehicle was located behind the […]

Law Enforcement 12/6/11

Van Wert Police December 7, 1:28 a.m. — A truck driver driving through Van Wert on North Washington Street reported that someone threw a large rock at his truck, breaking the windshield on the truck cab. December 5, 1:06 p.m. — A resident of the 300 block of Frothingham Street said someone threw a glass […]

County, Ohio hunters bag fewer deer

Van Wert independent/ODNR information COLUMBUS – After a dismal first day, Ohio hunters took 90,282 white-tailed deer during the state’s popular, weeklong deer-gun season, which ran from November 28 through December 4, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. In 2010, hunters checked a total of 105,034 deer during the […]

FBB gives to YMCA

First Bank of Berne’s Van Wert Banking Center recently made a monetary donation to the YMCA Scholarship Fund. Shown is Hugh Kocab (right), executive director of the YMCA, receiving the check from teller Connie Bassett and branch manager Rob Gamble of First Bank of Berne. The YMCA of Van Wert County provides a unique opportunity […]