By Hope Wallace Babies Everywhere! We wish to congratulate our Office Manager Matt Temple and his wife Erica on the birth of their daughter, Autumn Elaine, who was born over the weekend. Both mom and daughter are doing fine and plan to be home Tuesday. Our other baby is the arrival of a stunning, 1928 […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 1:19 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2005-12 to United Methodist Church of Ohio City Ohio, portion of inlots 98, 101, Ohio City. Jeffrey W.Knueve to Maxwell Moeller, portion of section 33, Jennings Township. Brent A. Mosier, Tausha Louise Mosier and Tausha Mosier to Thomas A. Mosier and Joyce Lee Mosier, lot 18, Van Wert subdivision. Estate of […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 1:10 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Bayley Tow, a senior at Lincolnview High School, has signed his national letter of intent to run for Kent State University next year. In cross country, Bayley is the Lincolnview school record holder running 16:10 and placed 16th in the state cross country meet last fall to earn first team All-Ohio honor. Bayley is also first […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 8:32 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Off Stage Productions’ The Fox on the Fairway opens this Friday at the Van Wert Senior Center. Here, cast members John Vining (Bingham) and Staci Kaufman (Pamela) share some champagne during a break in a golf tournament at Bingham’s club. Written by Ken Ludwig, the play takes audiences on a hilarious romp that pulls the […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 8:30 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Conservative political pundit Pat Miller was in Van Wert Tuesday evening to humorously skewer liberals and talk seriously about America’s past and future during a get-together of Van Wert County Republicans. Surprisingly, for a man who talks politics daily on Fort Wayne, Indiana, radio station WOWO, politics aren’t at the top of […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 8:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/ODJFS information Unemployment stayed pretty much the same in March as it was in February, with five of six area counties seeing slight decreases in their jobless rate last month. The lone exception was Paulding County, where unemployment increased three-tenths of a percent, from 5.1 percent in February to 5.4 percent last month. Van […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 7:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
KELSEY CLEMONS/independent correspondent The Lincolnview Local Board of Education met for its regularly scheduled April meeting on Tuesday and welcomed Kyle Stechschulte and Greg Byrum, who will be joining the district teaching staff for the upcoming school year. Stechschulte, who will graduate from the University of Cincinnati this spring, was offered a one-year contract as […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 7:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Thompson family and Van Wert Service Club announce that Brad Hurtig will be the speaker for this year’s R.K Thompson Self-Reliance Awards banquet. Hurtig grew up as a typical student athlete in a small town in Ohio, but only days after finishing his sophomore year of high school, a devastating accident […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 7:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners joined local advocates to recognize National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Shown are (seated, from the left) Darla Liatos, victim’s advocate, Crisis Care Line; Commissioner Stan Owens; Christina Eversole, director of Van Wert County Crime Victims Services; (standing) Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger; Lori Beair, vice president, Crisis Care Line; and […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 7:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert City Schools information The Van Wert Early Childhood Center will hold an open house at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, for the 2015-2016 kindergarten students and their parents. All registered kindergarten students have been sent a letter inviting them to attend. Upon arrival at 6:30, parents will pick up a packet of information […]
POSTED: 04/22/15 at 7:14 am. FILED UNDER: News