DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A city man charged with having sex with a child under the age of 13 was ordered held on a $200,000 cash bond during his initial appearance in Van Wert Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon. George J. Tromblay, 55, of 628 State St., appeared before Judge Jill Leatherman on Wednesday on a […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Three people were arraigned, three others submitted changes of plea and three were sentenced during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Among those sentenced was Steven Diltz, 27, of Delphos, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison on a charge of trafficking in drugs, a fifth-degree felony. […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
A network of scaffolding crisscrosses the Van Wert County Common Pleas courtroom as work continues to renovate the 136-year-old courtroom, including a refurbishing of the stained-glass domed ceiling that has been hidden for many years by acoustic ceiling tile. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAR information The “Stars and Stripes” is a grand sight as it flutters in the breezes. We stand to honor that flag as it passes by in a parade. To salute the flag, people place their right hand over their heart. If the American flag is flown with other flags or banners, the American flag […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:09 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert City Schools employees donated $750 to both the YWCA Summer Food Program and the Brumback Libraries summer reading program for Van Wert area youths. A total of $1,500 was fundraised by employees to help out these local programs. Above, Van Wert Federation of Teachers President Chuck Rollins and Superintendent Ken Amstutz present a $750 check to Lori Becker and […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The four-day Rally in the Corn begins this morning with a ribboncutting ceremony at 8 a.m. at the main gate of the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, with an official opening slated for 1-1:45 p.m. today on the event’s main stage. Events for the first three days, when only those 21 and over are […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
WERT/WKSD owner Chris Roberts was at Brumback Library on Wednesday to talk about his career, which spans more than four decades and includes a summer stint at CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, as well as more than two decades at 50,000-watt AM radio giant WOWO back in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was a […]
POSTED: 06/14/12 at 6:02 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ella Adeline Wilder was stillborn at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind. Parents are Lucas N. Wilder and Marta (Donate-McClure) Wilder of rural Van Wert, who both survive. Other survivors include a brother, Carter Mason Wilder; paternal grandparents Darrell and Lisa Wilder of Van Wert; maternal […]
POSTED: 06/13/12 at 7:50 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
David W. Metzger and Janet M. Metzger to Elizabeth L. Utrup and KennethUtrup, inlot 77, Delphos. Helen Buuck and Helen A. Buuck to Randi L. McVoy, portion of inlot 255, Convoy. Diana Kallas and Diana L. Kallas to Jeff Kallas and Jeffrey H. Kallas, inlots 505, 517, 117, 118, Ohio City. Dannielle J. Bowyer and […]
POSTED: 06/13/12 at 1:23 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
By Rex Dolby On Thursday, June 14, the Wassenberg Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. “Moon and/or Stars” will be the competition theme in prints and slides that evening. President Doug Heckler has invited those who went to Magee Marsh to bring a dozen or so pictures on a jump drive […]
POSTED: 06/13/12 at 12:39 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News