YMCA information The YMCA of Van Wert County fall youth sports registration will run from Monday, August 13, through Saturday, September 1. This includes registration for flag football, girls’ volleyball and soccer. Girls and boys ages 4-12 are eligible to register for flag football and soccer; while girls ages 6-13 are eligible to register for […]
POSTED: 08/02/12 at 5:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
By Hope Wallace Paint a Pig? That’s right, you heard correctly. Okay, we wanted to paint a real pig but we had trouble getting one to hold still. Our large papier maché pig is just waiting to be decorated at the Van Wert Rib Fest coming up this weekend! When he’s completed we’ll apply a […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 1:51 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
By Rex Dolby The Wassenberg Camera Club will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 9, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. Outdoor Fun is the competition theme in prints and slides that evening. There will also be a number of business items to be discussed. The public is invited and welcome to […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 1:40 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Jason D. Ainsworth to Lori J. Braun, inlot 21, Ohio City. Dwight L. High to Joshua Lehmann Miller, portion of section 33, Pleasant Township. Shannon A. Gebert and Shannon Gebert to James E. Gebert, portion of section 28, Tully Township. Holly L. Radabaugh and Holly Radabaugh to Rose Acceptance Inc., inlot 376, Convoy, portion of […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 1:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Virgil L. Adkins, 73, of Van Wert and formerly of Haviland, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born May 26, 1939, in Oak Hill, the son of the late Ernest and Iva (Leonard) Adkins. On August 3, 1965, he married Marilyn Joy “Jo” (Dover) Adkins, who […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 12:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a burglary that occurred at 628 State St. in Van Wert. Between July 12 and July 13, an unknown person vandalized a 1997 John Deere 750C bulldozer that was parked about 300 feet off the roadway. Damage […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 6:34 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert Police July 30, 11:28 p.m. — Steven P. Replogle, 22, of 214 Middle St., was charged with domestic violence by threat as a result of an incident in the 800 block of West Main Street. July 30, 4:38 p.m. — Danielle L. Craft, 33, of 1122 E. Central Ave., was charged with possession […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 6:28 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor While it won’t officially be the Crossroads Festival this year, the Van Wert Rib Fest will still be surrounded by yard sales that occur the next two weekends. This weekend is the Highway 127 Yard Sale and local residents are already setting up for the 25th annual edition of the sales, which […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 6:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
Delphos PD information DELPHOS — A Delphos man has been charged in connection with a series of thefts from vehicles. Starting in May of this year, Delphos Police began to notice an increase in theft offenses primarily concentrated on the west side of the city. These offenses generally involved the thief entering vehicles and stealing […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 6:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The Van Wert County Agricultural Society announces that a second annual free fair entertainment auction will be held Saturday, August 4, at 10 a.m., in the Junior Fair Building. The auctions’ purpose is to help raise funds to provide quality free entertainment during the Van Wert County Fair. There will be both national […]
POSTED: 08/01/12 at 5:33 am. FILED UNDER: News