The Van Wert County Courthouse

Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert Mayor Don Farmer included a laundry list of goals in his 2013 State of the City address presented Monday night during City Council’s second meeting of the year (click here for a written version of the speech). Those goals included working within budget restraints, continuing efforts to prepare the 1,600-acre […]

POSTED: 01/29/13 at 7:53 am. FILED UNDER: News

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council unanimously approved placing a 1.2-mill, 25-year tax levy on the May primary ballot that would fund construction of a new aquatic center for the community during its regular meeting held Monday evening in Council Chambers. The levy was not without its critics, though, as local resident Jerry Mazur […]

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Van Wert Cash Mob news The Van Wert Cash Mob is inviting the entire community to meet them this Thursday, January 31, to shop at a local independent business. Everyone interested in participating is encouraged to meet in the downtown parking lot at the corner of Central Avenue and Washington Street at 5:15 Thursday evening. […]

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Chinese delegation visits the YMCA for some much-needed exercise and relaxing dip in the pool. The 12 Chinese GLO students are visiting the U.S. and Van Wert for the next three weeks and the YMCA has opened its facility to the students and their host families to enjoy. The YMCA continues to extend these opportunities […]

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Market on Main news Market on Main vendors will be holding 2013’s first “Pop Up Retail” event at Travis Tribolet’s Simply Irresistible shop on South Washington Street. Some of the core Market on Main vendors met after the Christmas holiday and decided that now is the time to get this new venture up and running. […]

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Main Street Van Wert news A number of Van Wert High School students from Jennifer Trittschuh’s American History class, along with a few parents and grandparents, took a Saturday morning tour of downtown on January 26. Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Steele and Main Street Program Manager Adam Ries led the students […]

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Information submitted WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki urging for the timely completion of the department’s report on a plan to reduce the backlog of claims (read a signed copy of the letter here). Along with Latta, there […]

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Big Brothers Big Sisters news On January 22, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer, Auglaize, & Van Wert Counties held its Big Dinner. Donors, volunteers, Bigs, Littles, board members, and many others attended the dinner to help Big Brothers Big Sisters recognize its donors and volunteers. During the dinner, Abby Balster, executive director, announced the […]

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LaDonna M. Eggeman, 96, of Delphos, died at 11:51 a.m. Monday, January 28, 2013, at Vancrest Health Care Center of Delphos. She was born December 18, 1916, in Cloverdale, the daughter of the late Joseph and Theresa (Becker) Brinkman. She married Harold J. Eggeman, who preceded her in death in 1979. Survivors include a son, […]

POSTED: 01/29/13 at 4:30 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

The Rippingtons ripped things up (figuratively, anyway) Saturday with the group’s signature blend of smooth and hot jazz at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. The audience also heard the smooth jazz sounds of Fort Wayne sax player Chris Brownlee and his group to start the show, while women in the audience received […]

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