The YMCA of Van Wert County will be holding its Spring Fitness 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, April 21, at YMCA Camp Clay, 9196 Liberty Union Road in Van Wert. The run/walk will begin its 3.1-mile loop at 8:30 a.m. Course updates, including mile markers and a finish timer will still be in place, as well […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
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POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:41 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor What goes up will (hopefully) come down, especially when we’re talking about unemployment rates in Van Wert County. Thankfully, after a rise of eight-tenths of a percent from December 2011 to January of this year, the county saw the jobless rate decline three-tenths of a percent in February — from 9.0 percent […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/Chamber of Commerce information Get ready to grow a business’ bottom line and visibility in northwest Ohio at the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce’s newest event. The Van Wert Area Business-to-Business Expo is a one-day event, open to the public, that is the perfect venue to showcase a company’s products and services. […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The historic Marsh family Homestead will be open for public tours this Sunday, April 1, at 3 and 4 p.m. Anyone interested in learning more about the history of The Marsh Foundation and seeing the home where George, Hilinda and Katie lived, is welcome to attend. Ron Bagley, former director of The Marsh […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted COLUMBUS — State Representatives Mike Dovilla (R-Berea) and Lynn Wachtmann (R-Napoleon) announced the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 280, which revises laws pertaining to the Ohio War Orphans Scholarship and the Ohio National Guard Scholarship. House Bill 280 was introduced in order to address the funding reductions proposed in the executive […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 5:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
OHIO CITY — The Ohio City Fire Department will be holding its annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on Saturday, April 7, from 6 a.m. to noon at the Ohio City Community Building. The menu includes pancakes and sausage, eggs and sausage gravy with biscuits. This breakfast is “all you can eat” and is cooked and […]
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Beat those winter blues with some Rock & Roll! Cabin Fever Breakout at the Junior Fair Building on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds this Saturday, March 31. The event, which is hosted by the Van Wert Community Club (former Jaycees), will feature five great bands under one roof, while food and drinks will also be […]
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You may look at the NPAC schedule and think we have some time off since the next concert isn’t until April 28 with Livingston Taylor and the Voices of Unity Choir. Well, you would be wrong. Even though we don’t have a scheduled concert for another four weeks, there is plenty of action going on […]
POSTED: 03/28/12 at 4:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
William Scott “Bill” Thiebaut, 49, died at 6:50 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2012, at his mother’s home in Fort Wayne, Ind., following a long illness. He was born July 29, 1962, in Greensburg, Pa. He is survived by his mother, E. Lynne (Craig) Boggs of Fort Wayne, his father and stepmother, William H. and Cindy […]
POSTED: 03/27/12 at 1:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries