Small business saluted at Chamber event

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Small business is the lynchpin of the U.S. economy and also creates a majority of new American jobs. Small business was also the focus of the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Salute to Small Business Awards Luncheon held Friday at Willow Bend Country Club. The awards program, now in its […]

Vets Day celebration

Lincolnview Local Schools held its fifth annual Veterans Day program, with 108 veterans honored, accompanied by 160 Lincolnview students. Veterans received a certificate honoring their service, while refreshments were provided following the program. Hundreds of people turned out to honor the area’s military veterans. Here, Kent Long, a United States Air Force veterans, receives his […]

Tickets released for Air Supply concert

Niswonger PAC information First Federal of Van Wert proudly presents soft rock legend Air Supply in concert Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. With its heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads, the Australian soft rock group Air Supply became a staple of early-’80s radio, scoring a string […]

Semis collide

No serious injuries were reported when two semis collided (above and below) at approximately 3:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Ohio 118 and Wren-Landeck Road. No other information was available this morning. (photos by Rick McCoy for the Van Wert independent)

Van Wert SWCD holds annual meeting

Van Wert SWCD information The Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) held its 66th Annual Meeting on Thursday at Vantage Career Center in Van Wert. An election was held for two supervisors’ positions on the SWCD Board of Supervisors, with Dick Rice and Darryl Ricketts elected to serve three-year terms commencing January 1, […]

Early Childhood Center sets conferences

Van Wert City Schools information Parent-teacher conferences will be held at the Van Wert Early Childhood Center for preschool and kindergarten students on Monday, November 23, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, November 24, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Parents should arrange an appointment with their child’s teacher. Those who have not yet […]

ODOT uses technology to battle winter

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Ohio Department of Transportation has always relied on well-maintained equipment and well-trained and motivated employees to keep Ohio highways clear during the winter — that, and tons of rock salt. More and more, though, those traditional tools are being combined with new chemical technology, as well as advances in weather technology […]

Ag Society to vote on fair alcohol sales

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Five amendments, including one that would allow alcohol to be served at grandstand events, will be voted on during the Van Wert Agricultural Society’s annual meeting being held this Saturday, November 14, starting at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held in the board meeting room in the Administration Building on the […]

Flag donated

Van Wert Municipal Court recently received American and Ohio flags, as well as the stands and display emblems, for both of its courtrooms. The flags and related items were purchased and donated by American Legion Riders Chapter 178 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5803, both in Van Wert. Shown with Municipal Court Judge Jill […]

Patrol investigating wrong way accident

Ohio State Highway Patrol information PAULDING COUNTY — Three people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident caused by a driver driving the wrong way on U.S. 24 in Paulding County. Troopers from Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post were called to the scene following a report called in of a wrong way driver […]