VW independent/Submitted information Recently, the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office, the Van Wert Police Department, Convoy Police Department, and the Ohio Army National Guard partnered to present the “5 Minutes for Life” presentation to area high school athletes. The presentation centers on Ohio State troopers […]
POSTED: 05/10/14 at 7:43 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Vantage Career Center’s Building and Grounds Class, taught by Larry Mengerink, put the finishing touches on the new sidewalk at the Historical Museum on North Washington Street. Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative provided a $1,000 grant to finance the project. (Historical Society photo)
POSTED: 05/10/14 at 7:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio) will be available for one-on-one meetings with constituents at the Van Wert County Commissioner’s Office, 114 E. Main Street, Suite 200, on Monday, May 12. From 1-3 p.m., residents can meet individually with Congressman Latta and discuss the issues that are most important to them […]
POSTED: 05/10/14 at 7:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Josephine J. Muhlenkamp, 82, of Rockford, died at 8:50 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. She was born December 28, 1931, in Rockford, the daughter of the late Wesley and Ica (Matthews) Custer. On April 19, 1952, she married Robert Muhlenkamp, who preceded her in death on June 5, 2011. Survivors […]
POSTED: 05/10/14 at 12:02 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Jaxton Dereck Maunz, 3 months old, of Van Wert, died at 9:55 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. He was born February 1, 2014, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the son of Jaclyn Whitt and Erick Maunz, who both survive in Van Wert. Other survivors include maternal grandparents Sondra and Pervis […]
POSTED: 05/10/14 at 12:01 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
This minivan overturned as a result of an accident that occurred on South Shannon Street around 2:16 p.m. today. There were children in the van, but it is not known at this time whether anyone was injured, or how seriously. The accident is being handled by the Van Wert Police Department, with units from the […]
POSTED: 05/09/14 at 1:56 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County Commissioners Todd Wolfrum and Thad Lichtensteiger got a chance to view progress Thursday on a $2.5 million expansion project by Ridgeview Behavioral Hospital at the former county home site on Lincoln Highway. The project, Phase II of a multi-phase expansion of the former Lincolnway Home facility, is on schedule […]
POSTED: 05/09/14 at 7:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor An official announcement of the closing of a local plant was followed Thursday by news that the assets of the company had been purchased by another Van Wert company. Lyle Halstead, general manager of Life Star Rescue, officially informed local officials that Life Star’s parent company, Holman Automotive Group, was closing Life […]
POSTED: 05/09/14 at 7:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio Dept. of Health information COLUMBUS — As summer camps, fairs, vacations and family picnics take Ohioans and their families away to many fun-filled places during the warm weather months, now is a good time to get vaccinated. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reminds Ohioans that immunizations are the most effective way to prevent […]
POSTED: 05/09/14 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent After a day of reflection, former Delphos business owner Robert Fishbein apparently decided that being his own attorney wasn’t something he really wanted to do. Fishbein, who is currently serving a three-year prison term at the Southeastern Correctional Facility in Lancaster on charges of intimidation of a witness and telephone harassment, was […]
POSTED: 05/09/14 at 6:41 am. FILED UNDER: News