By Doug Heckler, Wassenberg Camera Club President As part of the “Biggest Week of American Birding” May 4-13, The Wassenberg Camera Club took a field trip on May 12 to Magee Marsh in Oak Harbor, OH, the “Warbler Capital of the World”, with a side trip about a mile west to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Participants from the Club […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 1:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Estate of Madge Marcile Jones to Keith Jones and Douglas Jones, portion of section 13, Willshire Township. Adam Runyon to Matthew S. Eding and Stephanie A. Eding, lots 85-1, 87-3, Van Wert subdivision. Dale Butler, Lisa M. Butler, Julie Gamble and Robert D. Gamble to Keith S. Recker and Jodie Recker, inlot 38679, Van Wert. […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 12:20 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve an incident of auto theft that occurred at Best Auto Sales, 209 N. Washington St. in Van Wert On April 24, between the hours of 1 and 1:30 p.m., a male entered the lot of Best Auto […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:43 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:37 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Van Wert independent/OSHP information A two-day law enforcement blitz conducted this past weekend resulted in more than 300 traffic stops and a total of 19 drug arrests. The Van Wert and Delphos police departments coordinated their efforts with the Ohio State Highway Patrol in a concentrated two-day enforcement blitz to serve arrest warrants and remove […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:32 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County’s unemployment rate again fell in April, dropping six-tenths of a percent from 7.9 percent in March to 7.3 percent last month. According to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the number of people employed in the county in April was up 200 from […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Goddess of Justice, the statue that resides on the front of the Van Wert County Courthouse, got a makeover recently as employees of Don Putt Painters re-gilded the more than 135-year-old statue at a cost of approximately $1,700. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:24 am. FILED UNDER: News
ODOT information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is hoping to generate millions of dollars in new money by launching a program that will permit advertising and sponsorship opportunities at interstate rest areas and welcome centers throughout Ohio. Starting now, the department is seeking competitive bids for the Sponsorship, Maintenance, and Advertising Revenue […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Two donations, worth a total of $1,500, were given to members of the Hot Air Festival Committee recently. In the photo above, Sherry Fetzer of Fetzer’s Jewelry in Delphos presents Bob Ainsworth, Hot Air Festival Committee member, with gifts of jewelry to be raffled off at this year’s Hot Air Festival. In the photo below, First […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor CONVOY — It’s not often that you see three players from the same high school sign letters of intent to attend the same college, but that’s what happened Tuesday when Jared Burger, Matt Holden and Chase Walters all signed letters to play for Bluffton University (click here for a larger photo). The […]
POSTED: 05/23/12 at 5:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports