The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce held another very successful Business Expo/Taste of Van Wert County event on Thursday at Wassenberg Art Center. Chamber officials said the turnout was even better than last year, the first year the event was held at Wassenberg. Here, Karen Miller of DeShia offers lots of delectable goodies and […]
POSTED: 09/23/16 at 7:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
Trader Days began Thursday at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. The event will continue through the weekend and will include Bluegrass music, as well as lots of flea markets and vendor sale items. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/23/16 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and 35 other attorneys-general filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday against the makers of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction, over allegations that the companies engaged in a scheme to block generic competitors and cause purchasers to pay artificially high prices. Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, […]
POSTED: 09/23/16 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — The Crestview varsity girls’ soccer game that was cancelled this past Saturday versus Lima Senior has been rescheduled for Monday, September 26, at Crestview, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
POSTED: 09/23/16 at 6:24 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — Presale tickets for Friday night’s Crestview football game at Spencerville will be on sale in the high school athletic office on Friday from 7:45 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. Ticket prices are $4 for students and $5 for adults. All tickets at the gate are $6. Game time is 7 […]
POSTED: 09/23/16 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Most Ohio counties, including Van Wert County, saw a decrease in unemployment for the month of August, according to workforce estimates released this week by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Unemployment rates decreased in 72 of Ohio’s 88 counties, with jobless rates staying the same in 15 counties, and […]
POSTED: 09/22/16 at 6:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Western Buckeye Educational Service Center Governing Board handled a number of personnel action during its September meeting this week. Prior to that, Superintendent Brian Gerber also criticized the state report card system during his report to the board. Gerber noted that state policymakers are developing new ways to rank schools all […]
POSTED: 09/22/16 at 6:53 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The United Way of Van Wert County would like to remind everyone that collection efforts for the 2016 United Way Day of Caring Food Drive are well under way. As the blue barrels begin popping up at favorite local businesses for food donations, the United Way encourages all to keep a spare […]
POSTED: 09/22/16 at 6:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent news Two people were arraigned this week before Magistrate Joseph Quatman in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. On Monday, Elizabeth Tabar, 37, of Paulding, entered a not guilty plea to one count of identity theft, a felony of the fifth degree. The magistrate set a $50,000 cash bond in the case […]
POSTED: 09/22/16 at 6:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Leigh E. Eisenhauer Jr., 83, of Van Wert, passed away at 3:04 p.m. Monday, September 19, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. He was born July 23, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Leigh E. and Alice T. (Mason) Eisenhauer, who both preceded him in death. Two nieces and his beloved […]
POSTED: 09/21/16 at 2:23 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries