Crime Stoppers 7/10/14

Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a Burglary that occurred at 417 N. Market St. Sometime from July 4 through July 6, someone entered the above residence through the back door. The thief made off with an Xbox 360 console (black in color), […]

Nashville Crush 2014 Rib Fest headliners

VW Rib Fest Committee information The music scene at the Van Wert Rib Fest this year promises to be the best one so far, according to Larry Lee, executive director of the Van Wert Area Convention and Visitors Bureau – host organization of Rib Fest, and Stuart Jewett, chairman of the Rib Fest Entertainment Committee. […]

7 people appear in Common Pleas Court

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Seven people appeared for hearings Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court, while a jury acquitted a city man of child endangering following a two-day trial earlier in the week. Two people were sentenced on Wednesday. They include: Jesse Blackburn, 22, of Delphos, was sentenced to three years of community control, […]

Wassenberg to host ‘Best of 2014’ exhibit

Wassenberg Art Center information The Wassenberg Art Center will host “The Best of 2014”, a national-level exhibit curated by the Ohio Designer Craftsman organization housed in the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. The Wassenberg Art Center was chosen, based in part on its new location, as one of three venues in the state to house […]

CHP offering salad buffet, sandwiches

Submitted information Community Health Professionals volunteers will serve a lunchtime salad buffet and Venedocia Lions Club sausage sandwiches on Thursday, July 24, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 1159 Westwood Drive in Van Wert. The public is invited to eat in or carry out for a donation of $5 for the salad buffet. Sausage […]

City flag football registrations now open

VW Parks Dept. information The Van Wert Parks Department has now opened registration for its NFL Flag Football program. The fee will be $35 for a single child, $60 for two children of the same family, and $75 for three or more children in a family. The deadline to register is July 25. Registration forms […]

MP to have sand volleyball tournament

Submitted information MIDDLE POINT — The Middle Point Ballpark will be hosting a “coed 6s” power sand volleyball tournament on Saturday, July 26.  Start time for the tournament is 9:30 a.m., while the cost is $60 per team. Basic power rules will apply, and tourney champions will receive t-shirts. Those interested in competing should contact […]

Sylvia Janette Height

Sylvia Janette Height, 81, of Van Wert, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home in Wabash, Indiana. She was born August 15, 1932, in Van Wert, a daughter of the late Walter and P. Marie Cooper. On November 4, 1950, she married Frank Leroy “Ted” Height, who preceded her in death […]

Blue Ribbon Workers have July meeting

By Hannah Kraner, reporter  The Ohio City Blue Ribbon Workers 4H club met on June 22. The meeting was called to order, reports from last meeting was read and group members began presenting their demonstrations. Those with demonstrations this month were: Lauren Walls, “how to make a strawberry smoothie”  Abbi Marbaugh and Lexie Bowen shared […]

Clever Clovers 7/9/14

By Catherine Kopack, reporter The Clever Clover 4H Club had its eighth meeting on June 30, from 3-5 p.m. at Hempfling Dairy  in Van Wert County. The club began with a tour of the dairy and learned how the automated dairy works . After the tour the club listened to demonstrations. The club carpooled to […]