L’view board hears from USNA student

KELSEY CLEMONS/independent correspondent The Lincolnview Local Board of Education welcomed new staff members to the district and recognized the outstanding achievement of student Nick Motycka during its September meeting on Thursday. Motycka is the first Lincolnview student to accept a nomination to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Not only is he apparently […]

New Red Cross ERV

Thanks to the generosity of Braun Industries and Eaton Corporation, the local American Red Cross disaster team has a new Emergency Response Vehicle. The Red Cross showed off the vehicle on Thursday at Eaton’s Van Wert plant. Here, Red Cross officials and Braun and Eaton employees gather around the new ERV. (photo submitted)

Patrol investigating hit-skip injury crash

Ohio State Highway Patrol information The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a minor injury hit-skip motor vehicle crash on U.S. 127 near Elm Sugar Road, approximately five miles north of Van Wert. At approximately 7:12 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol received […]

Buckeyes’ great to speak at Niswonger

Niswonger PAC information The Niswonger Performing Arts Center, along with Dale and Sarah Burden and Lee Kinstle GM Sales & Service, present a lecture by Chris Spielman at 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 28. There are athletes in this world who are good at what they do, and then there are athletes who are good to […]

Judy M. Tanner

Judy M. Tanner, 72, of Van Wert, died at 4:15 a.m. Thursday, September 17, 2015, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. She was born October 12, 1942, in Van Wert, the daughter of Virgil M. and Naomi M. (Taylor) Morgan, who both preceded her in death. On June 28, 1964, she married Raymond A. […]

United Way campaign goal still $600,000

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The United Way of Van Wert County highlighted the needs fulfilled by its many member agencies as it kicked off its 2016 fundraising campaign Wednesday in the First Federal Lecture Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. United Way Executive Director Vicki Smith welcomed those who attended the event, […]

8 appear in County Common Pleas Court

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Eight people appeared Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on a variety of charges. David Boff Jr., 22, of Van Wert, entered a plea of not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with one count of rape, a first-degree felony, and two counts of gross sexual imposition, each […]

VWHS teacher earns education award

VWHS information Van Wert High School teacher Chuck Rollins, who teaches the school’s Biomedical Science program, has been named as the September “Excellence in Education” Award winner by WISE-TV (NBC-Channel 33) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Rollins was nominated for this award “for being an exceptional teacher in the classroom, being there for students outside of […]

YMCA planning Kids Fun Day in October

YMCA of VW County information The YMCA of Van Wert County will be holding an all-day event, “Kids Fun Day at the Y,” for kids ages 6-12 on Monday, October 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. “We want to give the kids something structured and fun to do during their days off school,” said […]

Candidates Night speaker dies afterward

Van Wert independent The Heart Land Patriots’ Candidates’ Night on Tuesday was also the scene of tragedy when one of the speakers that night later collapsed and died. Milo J. Schaffner Jr., a Hoaglin Township trustee and longtime farmer and local business owner, was the last speaker on the event’s agenda. Schaffner spoke of his […]