Van Wert independent/St. Mark’s information After several years of planning, a building and renovation project has been approved and a capital campaign underway for St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Washington and Sycamore streets. The remodeling and new addition will provide a renovated youth room, multi-purpose gathering space, a handicap unisex […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 5:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
A & A Mechanical showed off its renovated business space — the former Van Wert County Council on Aging building at 717 E. Crawford St. — during an open house held Thursday afternoon. Here, A & A Mechanical employees, a number of local officials, Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce members and other business people […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 5:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/contributor content CELINA — Mercer County Sheriff’s Department investigators are continuing their search for the people who killed an elderly man and his daughter near Fort Recovery. According to Sheriff Jeff Grey, a witness has come forward and has worked with detectives and agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 4:08 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert County Heart Land Patriots will meet on Tuesday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room in the Family Life Center, Trinity Friends Church, 605 N. Franklin St. in Van Wert. A review of Ohio’s “Super Tuesday” primary election results will preface a realistic look at the probable Republican Presidential candidate, and a multi-faceted strategy […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 4:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Hospital will offer 1,2,3,4 Parents, a free workshop for parents of children ages 1-4. The six-session video and discussion program will be held on Thursday evenings. Beginning March 15, each session will be held in the hospital’s B and C conference rooms from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The hospital is located at 1250 S. […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police March 7, 1:59 a.m. — Donald E. Oday, 35, of 604 Pewterboy Drive, was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as a result of a traffic stop near the intersection of Grill and John Brown roads. March 6, 3:48 p.m. — Megan L. Lippincott, 32, of Middle Point, was charged […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 12:08 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) will host his Van Wert County Courthouse Conference on Monday, March 12, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the Van Wert County Annex, 114 E. Main St., Suite 200, in Van Wert. Courthouse Conferences are one-on-one meetings that provide constituents the opportunity to sit down with […]
POSTED: 03/09/12 at 12:02 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ray Etzler, representing Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative, presents the Van Wert County 4-H Exchange Club with a check for refurbishing lights for the Holiday Light Show. Plans are being made for the next holiday light show in December. Anyone interested in being a part of this event, can contact Cindy at 419.203.1413. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 03/08/12 at 11:51 pm. FILED UNDER: Youth
Members of the 4-H Fashion Board recently sewed blankets to be donated to the Pregnancy Life Center in Van Wert. Shown are (front row, from the left) Chelsea Hancock, Julia Dickman and Colleen Schulte; (back row) Maggie Cripe and Mckennie Hoffman. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 03/08/12 at 11:49 pm. FILED UNDER: Youth
Phyllis Thomas, 85, of Van Wert, died at 6:32 a.m. Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 15, 1926, in Anston in Yorkshire, England, the daughter of the late Gilbert David and Constance Mary (Crampton) Hargreave. She married Harry M. Thomas Jr. on March 15, 1947, […]
POSTED: 03/08/12 at 8:23 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries