Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Scott Jeffery Fair, portion of section 19, Jennings Township. Thomas A. Osting and Mary Jane Osting to Debra L. Stults, inlot 713, Delphos. Estate of Frank Lumpkins to Jimmie Lumpkins, portion of inlot 562,Delphos. Jay D. Melton to Beverly K. Melton, inlot 4445, Van Wert. Estate of Richard […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 1:43 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Associated Press sports information EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 last night to end a three-game skid. Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for the Oilers in his return from a nearly three-month absence. Matt Calvert scored for the Blue Jackets, and Columbus had a two-game […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 9:16 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners heard an update on the Long Prairie wind farm project from Apex Clean Energy representatives and also talked to officials from county villages about economic development. Scott Hawken and Sarah Moser from Apex Clean Energy provided an update on the project to the commissioners and […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 9:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Members of Midwest Electric recently donated $15,475 to nine west-central Ohio charities and community projects through the cooperative’s Community Connection Fund. Since the program started in 1998, the Midwest Electric Community Connection Fund has provided $904,283 to 729 area projects. The latest recipients are: CALL Food Ministries, Celina — $5,000 to buy […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 8:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Off Stage Productions, a community theatre company providing quality and affordable dinner theatre, announces open auditions for its spring production Buying the Moose, written by Michael G. Wilmot. The comedy will be co-directed by Matt MtCastle and Dustin Manson. Open auditions are set for Sunday, February 14, and Tuesday, February 16, at […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 8:51 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment, News
Students from LifeLinks Middle School are participating in an ongoing service project for the 2015-2016 school year. Every month, students have been going to First United Methodist Church’s food pantry to help unload the truck that comes from the Northwest Ohio Food Bank to help supply the pantry’s needs, along with local contributions from area […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 8:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
Associated Press information COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio drivers are still seeing gas pump prices below $2 despite a slight increase over the past week in the average price for a gallon of regular fuel. The state average reported in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. was $1.64. […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 8:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
Certain situations remind me of the value of a Niswonger volunteer. This past weekend, Million Dollar Quartet was in town for a Sunday evening performance. Tickets ranged from $30 to $55. The show arrived in Van Wert Sunday morning at 9. There to meet them was an army of volunteers, along with a few union workers needed to […]
POSTED: 02/03/16 at 7:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports FORT JENNINGS — The Lincolnview Lady Lancers needed to play four quarters of good basketball, but only played one, losing to Fort Jennings 48-29 in a non-conference game played Monday night at Fort Jennings. The Lady Musketeers took a nine-point lead, 13-4, in the first quarter, but Lincolnview rallied in the […]
POSTED: 02/02/16 at 12:49 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Una Van Wynsberghe, a sixth-grader at Lincolnview Elementary School, definitely wasn’t seeing things when the judges named her the 2016 Van Wert County spelling champion on Monday night. Una, daughter of Dewey and Rachel Van Wynsberghe, correctly spelled the word “mirage” during the county spelling bee held in The Marsh Foundation auditorium […]
POSTED: 02/02/16 at 12:38 am. FILED UNDER: News