Quilt show coming

Area residents are invited to enter quilts, quilted items or needle art in the Quilt Show at Old Fashioned Farmers Days. Bring items on Thursday, July 2, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., to the Administration Building at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Show hours are Friday and Saturday, July 3-4, from 9 a.m. to […]

MP Ball Park sets 5K walk/run event

Middle Point Ball Park Association MIDDLE POINT — The Middle Point Ball Park Festival 5K walk/run will be held starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, August 1. Pre-registration cost is $15 with a t-shirt and $10 without a t-shirt. Pre-registration deadline is Monday, July 20. Race registration cost is $15 without a t-shirt. There will be […]

Edward Jones great place for millennials

Edward Jones information Financial-services firm Edward Jones was recognized as one of the “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials” in the country by Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine, according to Trevor Webster, John Gunsett and Ryan Lindemann, Edward Jones financial advisors in Van Wert. Edward Jones ranked the No. 10 best workplace for millennials, […]

Verizon Wireless upgrades area network

Verizon Wireless information Verizon Wireless announces that it has spent more than $34 million improving network services in northern Ohio. In the past three years, Verizon has added nearly 70 sites — all equipped with 4G LTE.  To date, the company has added XLTE technology to nearly 70 percent of the sites in this region, […]

VWCS board of ed hears presentations

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert City Board of Education dealt with personnel and presentations during its June meeting Wednesday. The board heard three presentations and also dealt with a number of personnel issues during the meeting, which was held in the First Federal Lecture Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. […]

Second phase of ED summit begins Wed.

Van Wert independent A group of local economic development stakeholders gathered Wednesday to begin the second phase of an ED Stakeholders Summit. Wednesday’s meeting featured several breakout groups, with 30 people attending the first session, 16 the second and eight for the third and final session. A total of 18 then attended a dinner Wednesday […]

Camp Clay donation

Citizens Wealth Management/Jan Tinnel will be sponsoring a $1 day at Camp Clay Aqua Park this summer. Local businesses purchase the day for the Van Wert community, while access includes swimming, floating playground, a zip-line, paddleboats, a half-acre beach and the 3,600-square-foot splash pad, which is new in 2015. To learn more, visit www.vwymca.org. Shown […]

Local ham radio operators set Field Day

Van Wert Amateur Radio Club information Despite the Internet, cell phones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark. Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables leave people without the means to communicate. In these cases, the one consistent service that has never failed […]

GHFD plans fundraiser

The Grover Hill Fire and EMS departments will be holding a homemade ice cream social and chicken dinner on Saturday, June 27, from 4-7 p.m., at Grover Hill Elementary School. The chicken dinner will be prepared by Van Wert Professional Firefighters Local 681 and will include sides, a roll, homemade desserts and plenty of famous Grover Hill Lions Club […]

VWCT Youth Theatre reservations open

VWCT information Reservations are now being taken for the Van Wert Civic Theatre Youth Theatre production of Shrek Jr. this weekend. For the past several weeks, the cast and crew of Shrek Jr. have been hard at work preparing a youth theatre production on a grand scale. Director Amy Boley has cast, molded and instructed […]