VW independent/submitted information Find out who will be coming to the stage of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio in the new season at the Niswonger 2016-17 season unveiling press conference event at noon Wednesday, June 15, at the NPX. The season celebrates “10 Years of WOW”, so be among the first to know […]
POSTED: 06/02/16 at 7:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information United Way of Van Wert County made a $1,500 donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters to help with a renovation project that would add a recreational/meeting room for “Bigs” and “Littles”. The rec room would be used for meetings and a place that Bigs and Littles could call their own. The money […]
POSTED: 06/02/16 at 7:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
Destiny Rayne Kennedy passed away in the arms of her mother at 10:28 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center after a 20-month battle with DIPG. She was born November 2, 2010, in Van Wert, the daughter of Stacie Stahl of Van Wert and Jeffrey Kennedy of Haviland. Other […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 9:20 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
By Hope Wallace The Jubilee Flower Show will be in the house Saturday, June 4, 1–5 p.m. and on Sunday June 5 from noon–4 p.m. Come and smell the flowers! Entries are open to the public and it is not required that you are a resident of Van Wert County or member of a garden […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 1:34 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
By Rex Dolby Have you ever wondered how you could photograph the Milky Way? One way to learn is to do a Google search for “How do you photograph the Milky Way?” Google will respond with nine pages of answers to this question. If you don’t have internet access, or can’t get to the library, […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 1:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Dora L. Schimmoller to Citizens National Bank, inlot 491, Ohio City. Michael E. Hollar, Jessica M. Hollar, and Jessica M. Frew to Michael E. Hollar, portion of section 4, Jennings Township. Scott Byron Bissonette, Scott Bissonette, and Tressa Jo Bissonette to Kimberly C. Bissonette, inlots 1499, 1500, Van Wert. Estate of Norbert D. Byer and […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 12:54 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert Peony Festival, created 84 years ago to promote the community’s commercial peony farms, has endured through two revivals long after the peony farms became a part of local history. This year’s festival, the 25th consecutive edition since its second revival in 1992 — exactly 60 years after the original […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 8:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
United Way of Van Wert County made a $2,000 donation to the Pregnancy Life Center to help with startup costs of its new medical clinic. The money was given from the new initiative funds that provide one-time money for a new project or program. The PLC, 215 N. Market St., has served the county since […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 8:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Brumback Library has spent more than a century providing summer reading and lots of fun for Van Wert County children, and this year is no exception. The library will be holding its 101st annual Summer Reading Program, starting today and running through Saturday, July 23. This year’s theme, “On Your Mark, Get […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 8:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Heart Land Patriots will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, in the Fireside Room of Trinity Friends Church, 605 N. Franklin St. in Van Wert. Headline speaker for the evening will be Allen Heindel, who leads the leadership team of the Grand Lake Patriots in Celina. Heindel will […]
POSTED: 06/01/16 at 8:30 am. FILED UNDER: News