DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A total of 12 people appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, with eight of those arraigned on grand jury indictments. Those arraigned include Rambler’s Roost robbery suspect James Reynolds, 35, of Continental, who appeared on a charge of vandalism, a felony of the fourth degree, that stems from […]
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KELSEY CLEMONS/independent correspondent The Lincolnview Board of Education met on Wednesday for its organizational meeting, as well as its regularly scheduled January meeting. Eric Germann was re-elected president while Michelle Gorman was chosen as board vice president. As part of School Board Recognition Month, Superintendent Jeff Snyder acknowledged individual board members and presented each member […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor High school robotics teams from five states will be at Van Wert High School over the weekend for the first-ever Van Wert Northwest Ohio Robotics Competition. The local completion is one of six competitions to be held in Ohio this year. The robotics teams will arrive from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and […]
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Ohio State Highway Patrol information The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol now has a new commander. Sergeant Timothy P. Grigsby was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on Tuesday by Patrol Superintendent Colonel Paul A. Pride during a ceremony at the Patrol’s Academy. Lt. Grigsby will transfer from his current assignment […]
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Submitted information Wassenberg Art Center and the Central Insurance Fire Museum will both be featured on the WBGU-TV produced program “Scenic Stops”. Wassenberg’s segment will air at 8 p.m. Thursday, January15, and will include an interview with Executive Director Hope Wallace. The program will also include a tour of the fire museum located on the […]
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Janice L. Emans, 59, of Van Wert, died at 3:17 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born January 15, 1955, in Lima, the daughter of Merl and Elizabeth “Betty” (Coate) Emans, who both preceded her in death. Survivors include her stepmother, Dolores “Pete” (Redmon) Emans of […]
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Jane Eisley Shindollar, 92, of Mendon, died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Laurels of Shane Hill nursing home in Rockford. She was born March 5, 1922, in Spencerville, the daughter of Harold S. and Velma (Griffin) Eisley, who both preceded her in death. On May 23, 1942, she married Warren Shindollar, […]
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By Megan Hartman Knights had the helping hand for the annual blood drive on Tuesday. Two-Hour delays are becoming the students’ best friends with all the snow that we wished would have been here for a white Christmas. Exams are right around the corner for Crestview students. Knight Vision places second at Southern Wells with […]
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Decisions the students in Michelle Turnwald’s Van Wert Middle School class make affect the outcome of the simulation in “Mystery Disease”. In this simulation, a serious illness is sweeping through town. Why are people getting sick? What is the source of this disease? With this problem-based learning unit, students become public health workers as they track […]
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