Elmco breaks ground on new addition

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Elmco Engineering broke ground Tuesday for a new 15,000-square-foot addition that will consolidate its operations and, hopefully, make the local company more competitive in the highly competitive machine repair and manufacturing market. Elmco, started in 1999 by founder and President John Metzger, provides repair and manufacturing of powdered metal presses and related […]

Job fair works for employers, job seekers

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Employers and job seekers had the chance to talk one-on-one Tuesday during an Reverse Job Fair held in the commons area of Vantage Career Center. Caitlin Jones, community development program coordinator, said there were more than 50 employers signed up, with several other employers showing up on Tuesday, to get a look […]

Optimist scholarship winners

The Van Wert Optimist Club recently awarded two young woman college scholarships. Shown in the photo are Optimist Club President Greg Yinger, scholarship winners Mikinzie Dull of Lincolnview High School and Mackenzie Riggenbach of Crestview High School and Optimist member Linda Boggs.  The Van Wert Optimist Club meets weekly on noon Thursdays at Willow Bend Country […]

Paulding teen dies in 1-vehicle accident

Ohio State Highway Patrol information CRANE TOWNSHIP — A Paulding teenager died Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash that occurred on U.S. 127, near Ohio 111, in Paulding County. According to investigators from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Skyler D. Huth, 18, was northbound on U.S. 127 at approximately 7:39 a.m. […]

Purmort Bros. gives to YM

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

VW v-ball program sets summer camps

VWHS volleyball information The Van Wert High School Volleyball Head Coach Matt Krites and his staff and players will be conducting two camps this summer in the VWHS gymnasium. The 2015 Cougar high school volleyball camp will include two sessions. The first is for girls in grades 9-12, will run from July 27-30 in the […]

Just what exactly are GOBA and CCR?

If you are like me, you’ve probably had about enough acronyms in your life!  So, here are a couple more for you to consider; however, I’m going to help you along the way. The two acronyms I have listed above both deal with events happening this June 20.  And you might want to be involved, so […]

Ida Mae Couch

Ida Mae Couch of Zanesville died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. She was born June 12, 19122, in Malheur County, Oregon, the daughter of Floyd J. and Goldeth (Johnston) Anderson, who both preceded her in death. On April 2, 1942, she married D. Curtis Couch Jr., who died in May […]

City Council hears positive financial report

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council heard some positive financial news and also introduced legislation related to a street reconstruction project between Fox and Ervin roads on South Washington Street. Mayor Don Farmer and City Auditor Martha Balyeat both had financial positives to report on Monday, with the mayor noting that city income tax […]

City ED program announces new logo

Van Wert City Economic Development information The Van Wert City Economic Development has recently chosen a new logo to serve the city’s economic development office. With input from the Van Wert Economic Development Advisory Group, the design, created by Darren Caywood, creative director and founder of Midnet Media in Minster, will allow the office to […]