By Nancy Replogle
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 2:53 pm. FILED UNDER: St. Mary's News
By Rex Dolby The public is cordially invited to bring their photography equipment, owner’s manuals, and related questions to the Wassenberg Camera Club’s open meeting, Thursday, January 26, at 7 p.m. in the main gallery of the Wassenberg Art Center at 643 S. Washington St. in Van Wert. Parking is available in the lot behind the art […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 2:10 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace In the midst of all the many new things happening at the Wassenberg Art Center, one thing is a constant, and that is our class schedule. Upcoming this Saturday we have Initial Line Art 2D and following that Line Art 3D. Line Art 2D is taught by Scott Kraemer in the morning. […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 2:05 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Cameron G. Bladen and Leslie R. Bladen, by sheriff, to Fannie Mae, portion of inlot 1177, Van Wert. Steven Cross, by sheriff, to Fannie Mae, portion of section 2, Hoaglin Township. Estate of Wayne E. Keysor to Patricia A. Hallam and Vicki G. Pinkel, portion of sections 16, 9, Hoaglin Township. Carol A. Blair and […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 1:52 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer She’s a “Today” show correspondent, a teacher, a twin, and she’s one of only two people in the world who can say her father and grandfather have both served as Presidents of the United States of America. Jenna Bush Hager’s resume doesn’t stop there. She’s also a globally-active UNICEF ambassador, a […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 7:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A number of candidates for local and state office spoke Tuesday evening during a Candidates’ Night sponsored by local Tea Party group, the Heart Land Patriots. The event, held in Trinity Friends Church’s Family Life Center, featured all six candidates for the two Van Wert County commissioner terms, as well as state […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/ODJFS information COLUMBUS – Van Wert County, like all but one of its neighbors, bucked a statewide trend of higher employment during December 2011. Van Wert County’s jobless rate remained at 8.2 percent, the same as in November 2011, although that was better than the nationwide trend, placing the county’s jobless rate under […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 6:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent It’s back to the drawing board — or rather the bid table — for the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners, after bids for the Van Wert County Common Pleas Court renovation project topped cost estimates by more than the 10 percent allowably by state law. Projected cost of the project is […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 6:14 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports KALIDA – A poor shooting night for the Van Wert Cougars, coupled with their inability to stop Kalida’s big men resulted in a lopsided 61-40 non-conference loss to the Wildcats on Tuesday. Kalida took away the Cougars’ perimeter game, while successfully using its inside game to wear down Van Wert offensively. Cougar […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 5:42 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent A former Delphos business owner faces eight years in prison after pleading guilty to seven charges related to the harassment and intimidation of a former employee of the company he headed. Robert J. Fishbein, 48, of Lima, former CEO of I&K Foods in Delphos, entered guilty pleas to a charge of intimidation, […]
POSTED: 01/25/12 at 5:22 am. FILED UNDER: News