DAVE MOSIER/independent editor When it comes to energy, Cooper Farms is going even greener. The company broke ground Monday on a third wind turbine for its Cooked Meats plant in Van Wert. When the turbine installation is completed, hopefully by the end of the year, wind will provide 75 percent of the plant’s electrical energy. […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council’s Finance Committee met on Monday to review salary and non-bargaining unit employee salaries for the coming year. The plan is to provide 2 percent across-the-board raises to non-bargaining unit employees and City Council members, although the increase to Council’s $4,550 annual salaries would be less than $100 a […]
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Van Wert independent staff CONVOY – The Crestview Local Board of Education honored a longtime employee who died over the weekend and also approved a number of supplemental contracts during its September board meeting on Monday. The board took a moment to remember retired Crestview science teacher Jon Amundson, who passed away Sunday morning at […]
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Information submitted COLUMBUS — Recent changes to the rules governing the special elections held around the state to elect local soil and water conservation district (SWCD) supervisors are in effect this year. Any resident 18 years of age or older who resides within the county of the election can seek election to the SWCD board […]
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To express their gratitude for longtime Crestview science teacher Jon Amundson, in the wake of his recent passing, the majority of the Crestview High School student body wore green to school on Monday, September 17. As a life sciences teacher, Amundson was a huge supporter of anything outdoors… therefore the student body chose to wear […]
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Information submitted WREN — Tickets are still available for the Wren Christmas Society chicken dinners on Saturday, October 13. Gibson Backyard Barbeque will prepare the food, which will include half a chicken, baked beans, cheesy potatoes and cole slaw. Meals are by pre-sale tickets only. Tickets will be $8 each and can be purchased from […]
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Elks information Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, announces that it will be holding its annual “All-U-Can Eat” Fish and Tenderloin Dinner on Saturday, October 6, from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 1197 Elks Drive in Van Wert. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children ages […]
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Van Wert golf information Cougar golfers traveled to Pike Run Golf Course Monday to play their last regular season Western Buckeye League dual match against the Titans. In a match where Van Wert was up five strokes through one, they had the tables turned and found themselves down five strokes with four holes to play. […]
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Van Wert Police September 14, 6:56 p.m. — Kristina L. Diltz, 32, of 816 Elm St., Apt. 2, was arrested on a warrant issued on behalf of the Van Wert County Adult Probation Department. Another resident of that address, April A. Diltz, 34, was also arrested on a similar warrant less than half an hour […]
POSTED: 09/17/12 at 7:03 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for Van Wert native Adam McOmber, whose first novel, The White Forest, has just been published by Simon & Schuster imprint Touchstone. The White Forest is set in Victorian England and details the relationship between three characters: Jane Silverlake, a young woman who has […]
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