VW County real estate taxes due soon

VW County Treasurer’s Office information Van Wert County Treasurer Beverly Fuerst has announced that real estate tax bills have been mailed and are due Wednesday, July 15. Property owners who have not received a tax bill should call the Treasurer’s Office immediately at 419.238.5177. Mailed payments must be postmarked on or before July 15 to […]

Shoppell to attend STEM congress event

Submitted information Marcy Shoppell, a junior at Lincolnview/Vantage Career Center, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 28-30. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The purpose of this event is […]

Mildred M. Welch

Mildred M. Welch, 95, of Van Wert, went to see Jesus at 2:05 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Van Wert Manor. She was born May 28, 1920, in Grover Hill, the daughter of Clarence and Golda (Poling) Wistner, who both preceded her in death. On August 14, 1941, she married Home Justus Welch, who […]

Joseph L. Rulli

Joseph L. Rulli, 70, of Wapakoneta, died at 12:15 a.m. Friday, June 19, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born November 5, 1944, in Pottsdown, Pennsylvania, the son of Carl and Francis (Long) Rulli, who both preceded him in death. Survivors include five children, Dianna Laney of Douglasstown, Pennsylvania, Joseph […]

C’view board addresses levy concerns

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor CONVOY — A large group of residents from the Crestview Local School District showed up at Thursday’s school board meeting looking for reasons to either vote for … or against … an upcoming proposal to make the district’s 5-mill operating levy a continuing levy. They received several reasons to approve the levy […]

Trucker cited for accident that injures 4

Ohio State Highway Patrol information ROCKFORD — The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash that occurred Thursday on Ohio 118 south of the Village of Rockford. At 1:58 Thursday afternoon, a 2004 Volvo semi tractor trailer operated by Mark Keber, 58, of Ohio City, was traveling […]

Weather woes

The storm that passed through Van Wert County Thursday evening did some local damage (a tree down in Wren above), and will also likely add to the flooding woes of low-lying areas of the county, such as Jennings Creek on the east and the Willshire area on the southwest (below, along Ohio 49). County Emergency […]

Latta for bill to repeal medical device tax

U.S. House of Representatives information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio) joined colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing a key bill in support of American innovation in the medical field, and a repeal on the tax that threatens its growth. H.R. 160, The Protect Medical Innovation Act, repeals the burdensome […]

Dr. Okuley adds new dentist to practice

VW independent/submitted information Dr. Roger Okuley has been a mainstay dentist in the Van Wert community for the last 38 years. During that time, he has treated countless thousands of patients in need of dental care. Upon the completion of his doctorate degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Okuley moved […]

1 gets prison during hearings in CP Court

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Six cases were heard in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, with four of those coming before Judge Martin D. Burchfield and the other two before County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Taylor. Judge Burchfield sentenced four people, including handing down a prison term to Christie Kerner, 38, of Van Wert, […]