The Van Wert Area Photography Club’s monthly meeting is Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at 114 S. Race St. Part of the club’s business agenda will be a vote on amendments to the bylaws that will list new responsibilities concerning sending tax and activity reports to the federal and state governments and what officers will be designated to carry them […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 1:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace This Sunday! On April 17, we will once again open the Annual High School Invitational at 1 p.m. with an opening reception and award presentation. Students will be providing the live music and refreshments will be provided. Come support the local young artists. Exhibit kindly sponsored by Cooper Farms. Do you have […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 1:21 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
By Haley Helm Last Sunday, National Honor Society and Scholastic Bowl’s event with Kids Against Hunger was a success. Roughly 60 students came together and packaged around 15,000 meals for people in Haiti. There were five assembly lines with about 11 students at each creating the packages. Stations included adding food into a bag, weighing […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 1:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 1:11 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines
Margaret A. Long by sheriff to Thomas E. West, inlot 104, Middle Point. Woodrow Owsley by sheriff to Joseph Alan Art II, portion of section 3, Harrison Township. Estate of Dana R. Plotts and John R. Plotts by sheriff to First Financial Collateral Inc., lot 6-42, Van Wert subdivision. Stephen L. Laudick and Debra Ann […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 12:51 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor After a number of smaller successes during its first months of existence, the Van Wert County Drug Court celebrated its first two graduates on Tuesday. Sonny Metzger and Emily Bollenbacher successfully completed the final phase of the four-phase substance abuse treatment program and were honored by Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 8:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor After months of planning and collaboration, the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center, serving Van Wert and Paulding counties, and the Allen County Educational Service Center have created a partnership under one shared superintendent. Stephen Arnold, formerly superintendent of Wayne Trace Local Schools, has been hired to lead both organizations, beginning August 1 […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 8:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Last year was the deadliest year in over a decade in Ohio’s roadway work zones. With 30 fatalities — nearly double the number in 2014 — the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is warning motorists of work zone dangers, and asking for their help in reversing the trend. While motorists […]
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VW independent/submitted information DEFIANCE — The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Watson and Fullmer roads in Highland Township, Defiance County at 4:43 p.m. Tuesday. The crash involved a pickup truck pulling a trailer and a motorcycle. A 2013 GMC 3500 HD pickup, driven by Phillip J. Wagner, […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 8:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
This weekend will be one of the busiest of the entire year. Friday night, a sold-out house will welcome those singing cowboys, “Riders in the Sky”, as they salute the King of the Cowboys, Roy Rogers. This talented quartet of cowboys has been doing Western music and comedy the “Cowboy Way” since 1977. I got […]
POSTED: 04/13/16 at 6:40 am. FILED UNDER: News