From submitted content The Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio has announcedthat Jenna Bush Hager will be the second presenter in the newly formed Speaker Series at the NPAC on Tuesday, January 24. Tickets for Hager’s presentation, Making a Difference: How the Power of Compassion Changes Lives are available for purchase beginning this Wednesday, October 19 at noon. Hager is […]
POSTED: 10/17/11 at 6:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
Mary E. “Nana” Van Etten, age 89 of Van Wert passed away at 7:55 AM Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. She was born January 23, 1922 in Wapakoneta, Ohio to Blanche M. (Bryan) Meier- deceased and Adrian M. Meier- deceased. She married Thomas D. Van Etten, Jr. who has previously passed. […]
POSTED: 10/16/11 at 6:47 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
The following pets are available for adoption through The Animal Protective League. Cats Calico, F, 1 yr, name Halloween M, 1 yr, fixed, black with white spots, name Blackie F, 2yrs, spayed, black and white, shots, name Josie F, 1 yr, white and orange and gray Kittens F, 6 months, gray tiger, fixed, name Sassy […]
POSTED: 10/16/11 at 10:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Independent A 20 year old Antwerp woman lost her life in an early morning, one vehicle crash Saturday in Van Wert County. According to a report from the Ohio Highway Patrol, Mickae L. Schlatter was driving westbound on US 30 near Dixon Cavette Road when she reportedly drifted off the left side […]
POSTED: 10/15/11 at 9:43 pm. FILED UNDER: News
POSTED: 10/15/11 at 8:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Julius H. Strick, 69, died at 1:16 p.m. Oct. 14, 2011, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. Mr. Strick was born November 20, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio and married Linda (Teeple) Strick on May 7, 1960. Linda Strick survives in Van Wert, Ohio. Children: Brett (Stacy) Strick, Van Wert, Bart (Rosemary) Strick, Venedocia, Karen […]
POSTED: 10/15/11 at 8:00 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
The Van Wert Independent Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has announced the Department’s Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program will hold a free “Medicare Checkup” event in Van Wert County Thursday, October 20th at 9 a.m. The Van Wert County Council on Aging will host the event which has been scheduled […]
POSTED: 10/14/11 at 11:47 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police October 11, 4 p.m. — Delphos resident Garret Dienstberger was arrested on a warrant issued on behalf of the Van Wert County Adult Probation Department. October 10, 4:28 p.m. — Kelley Bean, 47, of Delphos, a passenger in a vehicle stopped in the 600 block of Lima […]
POSTED: 10/14/11 at 11:28 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Wapakoneta Redskins compiled 646 yards — 518 of those on the ground — to grind out a dominating 77-12 Western Buckeye League victory over the Cougars at Eggerss Stadium. The WBL co-leader Redskins scored eight times before Van Wert was able to push one into paydirt with just 55 seconds left […]
POSTED: 10/14/11 at 11:23 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports SPENCERVILLE – It was close through three quarters, but the Spencerville Bearcats scored twice in the final stanza to beat the Crestview Knights 36-12 in a Northwest Conference contest at Spencerville. The Knights started off the game scoring with a 5-yard run by Trevor Roop with just 1:13 off the first-quarter […]
POSTED: 10/14/11 at 11:13 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports