DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Vantage Board of Education heard news on a new financial software package and a report on November’s passage of Vantage’s permanent improvement levy during its December meeting. The brief meeting, held prior to Vantage’s annual Christmas dinner, included a report by Treasurer Laura Peters on new MUNIS accounting software being installed […]
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VW independent/submitted information There has been a lot of talk lately about El Nino and what effects it might have across the United States this year. What really stands out is that the current El Nino is shaping up to be the strongest on record, said Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy. “For […]
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VW independent/submitted information With Christmas fast approaching, Lee Kinstle’s GM Sales & Service and the Van Wert County Family YMCA are partnering to collect new toys for the Salvation Army’s Toss a Toy Program. The donated toys will then be distributed locally to children and families in need. Lee Kinstle will have its Toss A […]
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VW Area Boychoir information The Van Wert Area Boychoir will be holding its annual Christmas concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, December 13, at First United Methodist Church, 113 W. Central Ave. in Van Wert. The concert is open to the public, while a free-will donation will be collected during the event. The Van Wert Area […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Van Wert Cougars lost by a lopsided score to Wapakoneta, while Lincolnview’s girls edged Paulding and the Crestview Lady Knights defeated Bluffton by a basket during Thursday night’s girls’ basketball games. The Lady Cougars trailed by 20 points, 26-6, after the first period and things went downhill after that, as Van […]
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Van Wert swim team information The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams hosted Celina High School to compete in a dual meet. The Celina Bulldogs were victorious over both Cougar teams: the girls by a score of 119-99 and boys by a score of 153-57. Van Wert swimmers placing first in individual […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert mayor-elect Jerry Mazur and the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners continued talks on combining city and county economic development agencies earlier this week. Mazur and the commissioners met this week with representatives of the Van Wert Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Main Street Van Wert to discuss inclusion […]
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The staff of Van Wert Elementary School recently donated a total of $3,026 to The Salvation Army to assist that organization in providing help to needy community residents. The funds were raised by having staff pay for the privilege of wearing blue jeans one day a week. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
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Van Wert independent Four people appeared for criminal hearings Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Judge Martin Burchfield presided over three of the hearings. Kory Stewart, 38, of Van Wert, changed his plea to guilty to a charge of attempted cultivation of marijuana, a felony of the fourth degree (reduced from cultivation of […]
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VWHS instrumental music information The Van Wert High School instrumental music department will present its annual All-City Band Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, December 7, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will features bands from grades 6-12 performing holiday favorites, […]
POSTED: 12/03/15 at 7:50 am. FILED UNDER: News