Van Wert golf information KALIDA — The Van Wert High School varsity golf team traveled to Kalida on Wednesday to compete in the 18-team invitational tournament held annually at Country Acres Golf Course. Senior Brandon Hernandez, who shot an 88, paced the Cougars. Overall, the team improved 19 strokes from its opening 18-hole match and […]
POSTED: 08/14/14 at 7:34 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A man serving an unrelated prison term for rape was resentenced in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on sex-related charges. Bobby Panning, 40, who is currently an inmate in the Allen Correctional Institution, was resentenced to 60 months in prison on a charge of sexual battery, a felony of the third […]
POSTED: 08/14/14 at 7:27 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Fair information Less than two weeks until the 2014 Van Wert County Fair and still lots to be done. Area residents may have noticed the progress on the new rabbit barn and that the old rabbit barn has come down, but did anyone notice the trees? The Van Wert County Agricultural Society (Fair Board) had […]
POSTED: 08/14/14 at 6:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Civic Theatre information Director Amber Evans has announced the cast for this summer’s second youth theatre production at Van Wert Civic Theatre: “Camp Omigosh” by Wade Bradford. In this family-friendly show, Connor’s summer is off to a rough start: the camp bus almost crashes, his cabin mates don’t trust him and the girls […]
POSTED: 08/14/14 at 6:38 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment, News
Internal Revenue Service information WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration continue to hear from taxpayers who have received unsolicited calls from individuals demanding payment while fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS. Based on the 90,000 complaints that TIGTA has received through its telephone hotline, to date, […]
POSTED: 08/14/14 at 6:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Memorial services for Larry Brodbeck, 71, of Celina, will be held this Sunday, August 17, at 4 p.m. at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5713 in Celina. Military rites will be held at this time. Mr. Brodbeck passed away on June 14, 2014. Condolences may be expressed at http://ketchamripley.com.
POSTED: 08/13/14 at 8:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Edna Mae “Daisy” Creel, 89, of Van Wert, and formerly of Anderson, Alabama, died at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born May 29, 1925, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Henry William and Grace Adeline (Magoto) Stutz. On May 1, 1954, she […]
POSTED: 08/13/14 at 8:22 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
By Hope Wallace The silence of that hill is palpable. While I’m comfortable traversing the country through all types of terrain and spaces, that all went out the open truck window as we approached the hill where over 300 Lakota/Sioux were massacred by the United States Seventh Cavalry in 1890. Standing there it becomes evident […]
POSTED: 08/13/14 at 1:50 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
By Rex Dolby The Wassenberg Camera Club’s next meeting will take place Thursday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center, 214 S. Washington St.. “Sports” will be the competition theme in prints and slides that evening. A program on “Special Effects” will be presented by Chris Wilson and Will Hawkins following a […]
POSTED: 08/13/14 at 1:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
SG Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-FRE2 to Lima Florida Properties LLC, lot 85-7, Delphos subdivision. Robert C. Young, C. Sue Young and R.C. Young to Sandra Amundson, inlot 338, portion of inlot 3339, Van Wert. Ashley N. Marks and Ashley Marks to Craig A. Marks, portion of inlot 221, Convoy. Florence R. Nolan to Bryttany A.E. […]
POSTED: 08/13/14 at 1:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers