VW independent/submitted information Eric Hurless, insurance advisor for Stahl Stoller Meyer Insurance Center of Van Wert, has successfully passed the exam for the Certified Insurance Counselors Personal Lines Institute. This is Hurless’ third successful examination on the road to completing five courses covering all major areas of the insurance industry. After passing all five comprehensive […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 8:02 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW independent/submitted information Plans for the 10th annual Van Wert Rib Fest are well underway, with new activities, new vendors, and great entertainment slated for this year’s event. Rib Fest 2016 will take place on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds on Friday, August 5, with gates opening at 5 p.m. that day, and Saturday, August […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 7:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information On Monday, 10 seniors at Van Wert High School had the opportunity to tell their favorite teachers just how much they impacted their lives during the 2016 Van Wert City Schools Teacher Endowment Banquet, held at Willow Bend Country Club. The 10 students include five seniors with the top grade point average […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 7:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. Also, motorists should be aware that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather. In 2015, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The date for livestock identification and weigh-in has been announced. Sheep, goat, and dairy feeder weigh-in will be Saturday, June 4, at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Dairy feeders will weigh in at the Beef Barn and sheep and goats will weigh at the Hog Barn. Animals will weigh in from 7:30-10:30 […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 7:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Area Boychoir will have its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Van Wert. The boychoir is a non-profit organization incorporated in 2004 and is open to all Van Wert area boys with unchanged voices. The mission of the Van Wert Area […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 7:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
With the calendar flipping over to May and with the Niswonger Performing Arts Center concerts now in the books for 2015-16, it is certainly time to start thinking about Fountain Park concerts. We are exactly one month from the opening concert of the Van Wert County Foundation sponsored Fountain Park concerts. It will be another […]
POSTED: 05/03/16 at 10:14 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Nell L. Rice, 93, of Scott, and formerly of Van Wert, died at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born May 15, 1922, in Van Wert, the daughter of Samuel Gilbert and Lina Mae (Handwerk) Grunewald, who both preceded her in death. On January 11, 1947, she married Wayne […]
POSTED: 05/03/16 at 10:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert Early Childhood Center has scheduled Kindergarten Round-Up Night for 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the school, 1120 Buckeye Drive. All incoming kindergarten children are encouraged to attend. The purpose of the evening is to introduce children and parents to the VWECC teachers and staff, provide paperwork for the […]
POSTED: 05/03/16 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
VW independent/submitted information The Marsh Foundation ‘Marsh Grown’ garden program will be holding its annual spring plant sale from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in The Marsh Foundation greenhouse. A variety of hanging baskets and other plants will be available, with proceeds going to the campus youth gardening program. The historic Marsh Homestead will […]
POSTED: 05/03/16 at 7:34 am. FILED UNDER: News