The Van Wert County Courthouse

Monday, Oct. 20, 2025

Submitted information State Senator Cliff Hite will be the guest speaker at a Van Wert County Republican luncheon scheduled for this Friday, April 11, starting at noon at Willow Bend Country Club. Senator Hite will provide an update on activities in the Ohio Senate. Local candidate Milo Schaffner, who is running against Hite for his […]

POSTED: 04/10/14 at 6:07 am. FILED UNDER: News

Submitted information The annual Ohio State University Extension (OSUE) Van Wert County Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale will be held Saturday, April 26, opening at 8 a.m. The plant sale will be held in the Junior Fair Building on the fairgrounds. Proceeds from the sale of plants will benefit the OSUE Van Wert County Master […]

POSTED: 04/10/14 at 6:04 am. FILED UNDER: News

Submitted information COLUMBUS — State Representative Tony Burkley (R-Payne) presented the boys’ basketball team from Crestview High School of Convoy with a resolution honoring their Division IV State Championship win. The undefeated Crestview basketball team took on St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday, March 22, for the state championship game. Crestview came out victorious with a […]

POSTED: 04/10/14 at 6:03 am. FILED UNDER: Sports

Lincolnview Elementary School recently honored several students who were selected as Character Counts winners for showing Respect to others.  Of special mention are sisters Kamryn Hallsell and Kayleigh Ickes, whose respective teachers noted they are especially honest and accepting of their peers.

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 1:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines

Recently the Sixth-Grade, Core 2, Language Arts class on Team Storm at Van Wert Middle School conducted a clothing drive to donate slightly used clothing to the Van Wert Goodwill. During their campaign, the students collected close to 800 pounds of clothing. The clothing drive was in conjunction with the Language Arts Genius Project which […]

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 1:49 pm. FILED UNDER: Cougar's Den

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 1:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Cougar's Den

By Jamie Moore The fourth quarter is in full swing and the Knights are working on making up school days through extra half an hour extensions. The extensions won’t be finished until about mid-May, so the last weeks should go by really fast for the students and staff. The first two track meets for the […]

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 1:40 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News

By Hope Wallace  Imagine yourself not being able to get your message across. Imagine being in a country where no one understands your language and neither do you understand theirs. – Jan Cline, speech therapist, Bittersweet, Inc. April is Autism Awareness Month, and we’re excited about our upcoming exhibit, “Artism,” featuring work by artists who […]

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 1:28 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?

       

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 12:54 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines

By Rex Dolby  The Wassenberg Camera Club’s next meeting, to be held Thursday, April 10, at the Wassenberg Art Center, will be of special interest to anyone who photographs flowers, or just enjoys seeing pictures of flowers. Well known nature photographer Peter Noyes will present an illustrated program on photographing wildflowers. This special program is offered at no charge […]

POSTED: 04/09/14 at 12:40 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News