Van Wert County Treasurer Beverly Fuerst wants to remind all property owners that real estate taxes are due Wednesday, February 15. Payments paid by mail must be postmarked on or before February 15. Those who want to use a credit card to pay their taxes can do so by visiting the Treasurer’s website at www.vanwertcounty.org. […]
POSTED: 02/08/12 at 3:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Elmico Crisp (left) of Van Wert is shown being escorted by Officer Brandi Linder from the Van Wert Police Department Tuesday afternoon after he turned himself in on drug-trafficking charges. Crisp, 35, was one of seven people not initially arrested as part of an undercover drug investigation conducted by the Van Wert Police Department. Crisp […]
POSTED: 02/08/12 at 2:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
Joyce Wyatt, 84, of Paulding, died Monday, February 6, 2012, at the Gardens of Paulding. She was born July 18, 1927, in Melrose, the daughter of the late Alex and Ferrel (Staley) Burt. In 1948, she married Ralph Wyatt, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Deborah (Donald) Schaefer of West Unity, and Christine (Mark) […]
POSTED: 02/08/12 at 1:18 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Etta May Kreischer, 84, of Van Wert, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Van Wert Manor. She was born June 1, 1927, in Paulding County, the daughter of the late Orvel and Florence (Pease) Reed. On May 7, 1947, she married Richard “Dick” Kreischer, who survives in Van Wert. Etta was a homemaker […]
POSTED: 02/08/12 at 12:43 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Randy E. Goodwin, 62, of Commerce Township, Mich., died at 1:25 p.m. Monday, February 6, 2012, at his residence. He was born February 8, 1949, in Kenton, the son of Mary Lou (Bailey) Goodwin, who survives in Van Wert, and the late Richard “Ernie” Goodwin. He was married to Belinda (Collins) Goodwin, who survives at […]
POSTED: 02/08/12 at 12:29 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Catharine M. Caris, 91, of Grover Hill, went to be with the Lord at 9 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born November 21, 1920, in Toledo, the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth (Grimes) Miller. On September 28, 1940, in Paulding, she married Carl […]
POSTED: 02/07/12 at 9:25 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Elva L. “Bill” Ashbaugh Lenhart, 87, of Melrose, died Friday, February 3, 2012, at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born May 16, 1924, in Scott, the daughter of the late Pearl and Mary Taylor. On July 4, 1942, she married Carroll B. “Casey” Ashbaugh, who preceded her in death in 1972. Survivors […]
POSTED: 02/07/12 at 9:20 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Charlene G. Resor, 94, of Willshire, died at 7:50 p.m. Sunday, February 5, 2012, at The Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. She was born October 12, 1917, in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Ross and Virgie (Voltz) Hoverman. On June 19, 1936, she married Clarence R. Resor, who preceded […]
POSTED: 02/07/12 at 9:18 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
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POSTED: 02/07/12 at 5:00 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Van Wert independent/Boy Scouts information As the Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 102nd anniversary this year, a local man his 62nd continuous year as a scout — one of the longest scouting tenures in the Black Swamp Area Council of the Boy Scouts’ Hawthorn District. Remarkably, that doesn’t even include his first scouting experience […]
POSTED: 02/07/12 at 4:27 am. FILED UNDER: News