VWHS girls’ basketball information Van Wert High School Athletic Director Kent Smelser has announced that tonight’s girls’ basketball game against Lima Central Catholic will not include a junior varsity game. The varsity contest will begin at 6 p.m. today in the Cougar’s Den.
POSTED: 02/04/14 at 9:14 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine was in town Monday to meet with local law enforcement officials a number of crime-related issues, with the heroin problem first and foremost on everybody’s agenda. DeWine and members of his staff met with Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach and Deputies Keith Allen and Dennis Wagonrod, […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert County Spelling Bee came to a fiery ending last evening in the Marsh Foundation Auditorium. Actually, the word “fiery” ended the event as Lincolnview seventh-grader Carly Wendel spelled that word correctly to edge Crestview seventh-grade Emily Fegley and become the county’s top speller. Carly, the daughter of Kyle and […]
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Community Health Professionals information Exercise the right to vote on Saturday and judge contestants in the seventh annual Ohio Has Talent! event held at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. Acts will be coming from all around the region, with the top vote getters taking home $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place and $250 for […]
POSTED: 02/04/14 at 8:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — State Representative Tony Burkley has filed petitions to run for re-election in the May primary. Burkley is currently in his first two-year term as a state representative serving the 82nd District. The 82nd District includes the counties of Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, and a portion of Auglaize County. Burkley previously served […]
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Submitted information DELPHOS — The Museum of Postal History will host its third annual gala on Sunday, February 9. The event will be held at the Museum of Postal History, 339 N. Main St. in Delphos. Doors open at 5 p.m. with cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres served. A buffet dinner will be served at […]
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Elizabeth France Lewis passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014, at the age of 90. Born February 8, 1923, in Toledo, Elizabeth was the daughter of Ethel Humphreys France and Enoch Harrie France, and was a sister to Helen Margaret Foster, Florence Juliet France and Louise France Werbe. Though she was born in Toledo, her […]
POSTED: 02/03/14 at 10:53 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Alvin “Al” Pancake, 74, of Northville, Mich., and formerly of Van Wert, died at 3 a.m. Friday, January 31, 2014, in Northville. He was born August 10, 1939, in Convoy, the son of the late Russel I. and Goldie Jewel Pancake. His wife, Marilyn (Schrodi) Pancake, survives him in Northville. Other survivors include three children, […]
POSTED: 02/03/14 at 9:53 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor What has already been the costliest winter in recent memory, in terms of money spent on salt and manpower, got worse over the weekend when a surprising large snowstorm hit Van Wert County, according to County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy. McCoy said a storm that was supposed to bring 1-3 inches […]
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Van Wert City Schools information James Defore has been selected to perform in Columbus on Saturday, February 8, as a member of the 2014 All-State Choir of the Ohio Music Education Association. Defore, the son of Ron and Jean Defore, is a junior at Van Wert High School. He sings baritone in the choir and […]
POSTED: 02/03/14 at 8:21 am. FILED UNDER: News