With the announcement of the upcoming Niswonger season, it seems essential to let as many as possible know the buying process for concert tickets. Each year, we try to inform interested ticket buyers as to the process of obtaining tickets, but some fall through the cracks. I may be preaching to the choir, but in […]
POSTED: 06/24/15 at 7:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW County Hospital information Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center in Van Wert recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” said Dr. Nathaniel […]
POSTED: 06/24/15 at 7:27 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Big Brothers Big Sisters information Big Brothers Big Sisters will host its 20th annual Golf for Kids’ Sake Event on Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Mercer County Elks Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit the eleven youth mentoring programs offered to children facing adversity in Mercer, Auglaize, and Van Wert Counties. The day starts with […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County unemployment increased in May, as did most of its neighboring counties, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The county saw its jobless rate increase four-tenths of a percent, from 3.8 percent in April to 4.2 percent, last month — the biggest […]
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KELSEY CLEMONS/independent correspondent The Lincolnview Local Board of Education welcomed new staff members to the district and discussed a new approach to school safety. Elementary Principal Nita McKinney also noted summer school changes, including summer school now being held right before the start of the 2015-16 school year, instead of early in the summer. Dates […]
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Van Wert independent The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners is on board with an initiative from the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office to establish online voter registration in Ohio. The commissioners met with County Election Director Linda Stutz and Tim Monaco from the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office Tuesday on the issue. Stutz said […]
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Van Wert independent Two hearings were held Tuesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Erica Hatfield, 29, of Middle Point, changed her plea to guilty to a charge of trafficking in heroin, a felony of the fifth degree, and also to a specification that she used a 1999 GMC Jimmy vehicle to commit the […]
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Donna Jean Russell, 78, of Van Wert, and a former longtime resident of Blissfield, Michigan, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015, at her residence. She was born June 29, 1936, in Toledo, the daughter of Ray and Lida (Langshide) Robinson, who both preceded her in death. She is survived by her loving husband of 59 […]
POSTED: 06/23/15 at 11:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Robert H. Snyder of Convoy died at 2:36 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center after he lost his battle with sarcoid mesothelioma. He was born March 23, 1951, in Adams County, Indiana, the son of Forest O. and Louise (Headley) Snyder, who both preceded him in death. On […]
POSTED: 06/23/15 at 10:58 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
W. Jean Pontius of Van Wert died at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 13, 1929, in Lima, the daughter of Elmer Ernest and Pauline (Ralston) Goodwin, who both preceded her in death. On December 5, 1954, she married James “Too Tall” Pontius, […]
POSTED: 06/23/15 at 10:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries