DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Vantage Board of Education heard a report on the school’s State Report Card performance and also hired a new assistant treasurer during its September meeting on Thursday. Vantage Director Ben Winans provided an update on Vantage’s Career-Technical Planning District report card, which includes data from the school’s 2013-2014 school year. Although […]
POSTED: 09/04/15 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Various health organizations throughout Van Wert have teamed together for a communitywide health and fitness challenge. The challenge, which has been dubbed “Live Healthy Van Wert!”, is a 20-week program to promote healthier living and to reduce and prevent obesity in our community. No matter where participants are in their journey, this […]
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Ohio Dept. of Transportation information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is reminding motorists to “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” this Labor Day weekend. ODOT, along with the Ohio Department of Public Safety, is participating in the ‘Drive Sober’ campaign to reduce alcohol-related crashes, injuries and deaths. “Changing dangerous behaviors, like impaired […]
POSTED: 09/04/15 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a burglary that occurred at 714 George St., Apt. A, in Van Wert. The resident apparently left the apartment briefly between 4:50 and 5:45 p.m. on August 31. When returning, the back door was found open and […]
POSTED: 09/04/15 at 7:08 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Rea A. Stripe, 82, of Van Wert, died at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born December 6, 1932, in Van Wert County, the daughter of Morgan and Emma (Jenkins) Williamson, who both preceded her in death. On August 20, 1950, she married Billy E. […]
POSTED: 09/03/15 at 4:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Edwin Wayne Ainsworth, 66, of Ohio City, died at 2:34 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born October 4, 1948, in Van Wert, the son of Hugh V. and Martha (Wiseman) Ainsworth, who both preceded him in death. On July 8, 1972, he married Portia Lucille […]
POSTED: 09/03/15 at 4:03 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A number of local officials gathered Wednesday morning to cut the ribbon on the 159th edition of the Van Wert County Fair. The fair ends on Labor Day, September 7, with the annual Junior Fair Livestock Auction held the following Tuesday morning. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 09/03/15 at 7:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Ribbons were cut, calves, pigs and sheep were, um, scrambled and baked goods, vegetables and potted plants were judged on the first day of the 159th edition of the Van Wert County Fair on Wednesday. Kids had fun during trying to corral a calf during the Calf Scramble held Wednesday evening in […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A Grover Hill teen will spending six months in jail and will have to register as a sex offender for the next 25 years after he was sentenced Wednesday on sex-related charge in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Austin K. Zuver, 18, who pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual […]
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The Van Wert County Fair and the Bear Hollow Wood Carver are joining together for a high-octane tribute to four local schools. The wood carver will create a one-of-a-kind bench (similar to the one above) for Van Wert, Lincolnview, Crestview and Delphos St. John’s schools. Each bench will portray the school mascot, as provided by […]
POSTED: 09/03/15 at 7:12 am. FILED UNDER: News