Ohio Attorney General’s information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced a proposed settlement of claims for monetary relief against Apple Inc. related to its participation in a price-fixing conspiracy in the e-books market. The settlement agreement, which remains subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 11:28 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Midwest Electric information ST. MARYS — Coreen Ott has been named staff accountant at Midwest Electric. Ott is responsible for payroll, governmental and tax reports, accounts payable, reconciling bank accounts; and general ledger, work order and other accounting duties. For the past 15 years, Ott has been a staff accountant at Mark J. Cisco & […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 11:26 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
VWCS Athletic Dept. information Van Wert will be holding its mandatory Ohio High School Athletic Association parents meeting on Monday, August 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. This meeting will last approximately 30 minutes. Parents of fall athletes will then go to their respective sport’s meeting while other parents will be […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 11:22 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Mary E. Klopfenstein, 85, of Scott, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at her residence. She was born October 19, 1928, in Wells County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Jacob and Minnie (Baumgartner) Tonner. On December 16, 1950, she married Marvin W. Klopfenstein, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Keith (JoAnne) Klopfenstein of Scott; […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 2:50 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Estate of Kenneth W. Short to Carl E. Short, portion of inlots 610, 609, 106, 109, 105, 102, 1028, inlots 2812, 2813, 2815, 3149, 549, 550, 75, portion of inlot 1878, inlot 2176, VanWert, lot 236-14, Van Wert subdivision, inlot 3532, Van Wert, portion of lot 153, Van Wert subdivision, inlot 606, portion of inlots […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 2:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
VENEDOCIA — The Venedocia Lads and Lassies met on July 15. There were 20 members and six guests present. Pledges and roll call were led by Madison Pugh. The club’s booth theme is Road Trip: Places to go, People to see and Things to do. Members who have any old maps or atlases should bring […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 12:54 pm. FILED UNDER: Youth
By Rex Dolby The Wassenberg Camera Club met Thursday, July 10 at the Wassenberg Art Center. In the Wildlife competition, Will Hawkins won the print division with an impressive photo of a Blue-bellied Roller at the Toledo Zoo. Jan Sorensen’s shot of a Diamondback Rattlesnake taken while she was in Florida was second. Chris Wilson’s picture […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 12:50 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace Hanging our various exhibits are different from each other as one human is different from another. No two are alike and each can present challenges. First of all, if the exhibit is considered a national level show like our current The Best of 2014, much of it arrives in wooden crates with […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 12:38 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor For the second month in a row, Lincolnview Local Board of Education has hired a new principal. In June, the board approved a contract with Robbie Breese as the new Marsh School principal. This month, the board approved a three-year limited administrative contract for Brad Mendenhall as the new principal of Lincolnview Junior […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 1:40 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Nine people were arraigned on Tuesday as a result of a grand jury session held last Friday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Those arraigned included a Van Wert woman ordered held on a $5,000 cash bond after pleading to five felony counts. Ruth Ann Napier-Caldwell, 22, entered not guilty pleas […]
POSTED: 07/16/14 at 1:34 am. FILED UNDER: News