VW County Sheriff’s information Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach is warning county residents about a potential scam involving property lines and boundaries. Sheriff Riggenbach said Friday that, in the past few weeks, a neighboring sheriff’s office has taken reports in township areas involving male subjects approaching homeowners to inspect their property lines. In […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 7:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
One of the fun challenges held prior to this year’s United Way Day of Caring on Friday was a food drive challenge between Vantage Career Center and Braun Industries. Both entities competed to see who could fill a Braun ambulance with the most food. Vantage students, who donated 4.8 food items per person, compared to […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 7:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Van Wert County Health Collaborative is working together to improve the health of individuals and families in the Van Wert community, with a focus on increasing awareness and improving health risks, including obesity and substance abuse in adults and youths. To that end, the committee is seeking assistance from local employers. The Van […]
Pregnancy Life Center information The Pregnancy Life Center recently hired its first male staff member, Brad Petrie, youth pastor at Calvary Evangelical Church. Petrie will head up two programs at the PLC, the first of those being the Dad-to-Dad program. This initiative was established a couple of years ago by volunteers from Jennings Road Church […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio State Highway Patrol information The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating two crashes in Defiance County, one of them involving a fatality that occurred near the village of Sherwood. In that accident, which occurred at approximately 5:20 p.m. Friday, troopers said a 2006 Pontiac Torrent driven by Dawn Murphy, 53, of Toledo, was westbound […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 7:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Van Wert Cougars were probably wondering if history could repeat itself as the Cougars clung to a 13-7 lead at the end of the first half in Friday’s Western Buckeye League game against Shawnee at Eggerss Stadium. But it was Van Wert this time who scored crucial second-half points to defeat […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 7:18 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — Friday night’s football game between Crestview and Wayne Trace was an offensive slugfest, with a total of 13 touchdowns, nearly 1,000 yards of total offense and 88 total points scored as the Knights downed the Raiders 56-32 in a non-conference game that could be meaningful come play-off time. Both […]
POSTED: 09/13/14 at 6:58 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Dorothy Esther “Dot” Burtch, 82, of Rockford, died at 11:56 p.m. Thursday, September 11, 2014, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 14, 1931, the daughter of the late Herbert E. and Connie E. (Felver) Levihn. On July 17, 1954, she married Thomas E. Burtch, who survives in Rockford. Other survivors include a […]
POSTED: 09/12/14 at 7:58 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Although the political climate in Ohio is not now conducive to new wind energy projects, the new owners of the Long Prairie Wind Farm project are hoping the winds of change will blow away Ohio’s restrictive new setback rules for wind turbines. Representatives of Apex Clean Energy, the Virginia-based company that recently […]
POSTED: 09/12/14 at 7:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce board members and city and county economic development officials were on hand to cut the ribbon on a new downtown Van Wert business: The Bachwell Center for Music and Dance. The new business, located in the former Anderson Architects building at 116 N. Washington St., will provide lessons for […]
POSTED: 09/12/14 at 7:54 am. FILED UNDER: News