Van Wert cross country news HEBRON — The Cougar cross country teams kicked off their 2013 season in the same place they ended the season in 2012: at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The site played host to the OHSAA Early Season High School Invitational. As they did in 2012, the boys’ cross country team […]
POSTED: 08/19/13 at 6:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Wayne Trace cheerleaders won first place at the Huron County Fair on Tuesday, August 13. Squad members include (front row, from the left) seniors Jordan Elick, Treanna Bidlack, Alexis Flores, Brittany Jenkins, Shannon Boroff, and Mackenzie Haney; (back row) Brooke Ludwig, Allie Boroff, Courtney Mead, Jessica Offerle, Kelsee Rittenhouse, Ally Dunning, Kayla Zuber, Monique Goings, […]
POSTED: 08/19/13 at 6:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview cross country news The Lincolnview varsity cross country boys track team traveled to Hebron this past weekend to compete in the OHSAA pre-season invitational held on the state course. The boys raced in the big school division, made up of mostly Division II schools and were able to place sixth out of 25 schools. […]
POSTED: 08/19/13 at 6:41 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert football news Van Wert will be hosting Greenville in an Ohio High School Athletic Association Foundation football scrimmage this Friday, August 23, starting at 6 p.m. There will be a $3 admission charge for adults and $2 charge for students. Gates will open at 5:15 Friday evening. The football parents will also be […]
POSTED: 08/19/13 at 6:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
YMCA of Van Wert County news Young pro football fans will have the opportunity to exhibit their football skills when the YMCA hosts an NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition on Saturday, September 7, at 9 a.m., at the YMCA Camp Clay football fields. The competition is free and open to boys and girls ages […]
POSTED: 08/19/13 at 6:37 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert golf news Van Wert golfers continued their struggles at Fox’s Den golf course near Celina, shooting a season-worst 383 and finishing 17th out of 21 teams in the Celina tournament. Minster won the tournament with a 318, followed by Lima Bath at 324 and Celina at 327. “We have some returning varsity golfers […]
POSTED: 08/17/13 at 8:24 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor U.S. Representative Bob Latta was in Van Wert County to talk with farmers and find out their concerns. What Latta, whose 14-county district includes the largest number of farmers in Ohio, found was optimism about this year’s crops, but some real concerns about what is happening — or not happening — in […]
POSTED: 08/17/13 at 8:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
Wren resident Susan Huffman (above) throws out the first pitch to open this year’s Wiffleball Warehouse tournament in that village on Friday evening. First-round tournament action got underway soon afterwards as Yoder Trucking and Putman Stables (below) took to the field at Wrenway Park for the first tourney game. (photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 08/17/13 at 6:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio Dept. of Job and Family services news Ohio’s unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in July 2013, unchanged from June, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 5,300 over the month, from a revised 5,205,600 in June to 5,210,900 in […]
POSTED: 08/17/13 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Laura Kohlhorst-Jones (above), a workforce specialist for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, provided a seminar on the Ohio Means Jobs state workforce program, as well as details on its new website, which provides job search services for employees and employee search services for employers, as well as other information. The workshop was […]
POSTED: 08/17/13 at 6:44 am. FILED UNDER: News