DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The 159th Van Wert County Fair is now officially closed, although there’s still one very important event remaining before the wraps can be put on the 2015 edition of the fair. Today is the Junior Fair Livestock Auction, the event that gives young livestock exhibitors a paycheck for all the hard work […]
POSTED: 09/08/15 at 7:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
United Way of VW County information The Van Wert County community is encouraged to come together to “Give. Advocate. Volunteer.” during the 17th annual United Way Day of Caring to be held on Friday, September 25. The 2015 Day of Caring will include an American Red Cross blood drive, a Salvation Army Food Pantry food […]
POSTED: 09/08/15 at 7:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
WrenStock information WREN — Wrenway Park is the place to be September 12 for all classic rock lovers as WrenStock 2015 gets underwy. The Wiffleball Warehouse invites are residents to be part of this day of rock-n-roll, friends, food and fun in the sun. Bill Miller Auto Sales of Decatur, Indiana, is sponsoring this event in […]
POSTED: 09/08/15 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Lincolnview cross country information COLUMBUS GROVE — The Lincolnview Lancer cross country teams competed in the Columbus Grove Invitational on Saturday. Both varsity teams placed in the top three of the meet, with the boys taking home the runner-up trophy — just 4 points behind state ranked Carey in the field of 27 schools. The girls […]
POSTED: 09/08/15 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview cross country information COLUMBUS GROVE — The Crestview boys’ cross country team displayed a large amount of improvement in its race at Columbus Grove on Saturday. A total of 12 out of 14 competitors for Crestview recorded personal record times for the 5-K race. The Knights were led by senior Adam Saylor, who raced […]
POSTED: 09/08/15 at 6:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Sara L. Green, 73, of Van Wert, died at 8:47 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born October 5, 1941, in Van Wert, the daughter of John R. and Evelyn G. (Dickey) Agler, who both preceded her in death. On December 23, 1963, she married Earl […]
POSTED: 09/07/15 at 12:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Robert L. Trammell Sr., 67, of Paulding, died at 4:55 a.m. Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born July 11, 1948, in Van Wert, the son of Herbert and Beatrice (Webster) Trammell, who both preceded him in death. He married Shirley (Kline) Trammell, who survives in […]
POSTED: 09/05/15 at 3:17 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports ST. MARYS — It’s sometimes the little things that mean the difference between a win and a loss. For the Van Wert Cougars, it was a missed extra point and a failed defensive stop late in the fourth quarter that led to a 21-20 loss to St. Marys in both teams’ Western […]
POSTED: 09/05/15 at 7:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports CONVOY — The Crestview football team stayed with Hicksville for most of the first half, but the Aces took the starch out of Knights with a touchdown in the final 30 seconds of the half and went on to win 41-14 Friday in a non-conference grid contest played at Crestview. Hicksville scored […]
POSTED: 09/05/15 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The 159th Van Wert County Fair heads into its fourth day with the popular cheerleader contest on tap, starting this morning, along with a number of Junior and Senior Fair livestock shows. Cheerleaders from around the area will converge on the grandstand, starting at 9:30 a.m. today, with several different age groups […]
POSTED: 09/05/15 at 6:51 am. FILED UNDER: News