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POSTED: 03/29/17 at 2:31 pm. FILED UNDER: Cougar's Den

By Chase Clark The Crestview FFA held its 81st annual banquet on Tuesday, March 28. Chapter advisor Ericka Priest said, “It has been a little difficult with it being my first year but the seniors helped me a lot with the planning and practices.” The banquet featured food from Gibson’s Backyard BBQ. After the food […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 2:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News

By Hope Wallace Du Nain Rouge (The Red Dwarf) is based on a myth dating from the early 1700s when founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was tasked with founding the city. He received advice from a fortune teller that foretold he and the city would be continually tormented by the Nain Rouge […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 1:53 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?

Ten students from the Lincolnview High School Science Club competed in the Science Olympiad Regional competition at Bowling Green State University on March 18.  Twenty-two teams from 17 schools competed in the 23 events that are part of the Olympiad. Two videos from the event are posted on the Lincolnview School’s website. The group’s best […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 1:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines

Ed L. Hammond to NM956 Properties LLC, portion of outlot 100-2, Van Wert. Jeremy S. Croy and Kelly L. Croy to Joshua D. Wolfe and Tanya M. Wolfe, portion of inlot 14, Willshire. David Jason Kessen and Sandra E. Kessen to Slippery Fish LLC, lot 6, Delphos subdivision. Kyle J. Baxter, Tiffani D. Baxter, and […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 1:14 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Lincolnview was held to one hit and one run and fell to the Fort Recovery Indians 5-1 in Tuesday’s season opener for the Lancers. “Fort Recovery is coming off back-to-back state Final Four appearances, and they have a great program and great players,” Lincolnview head coach Eric Fishpaw said. It was […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 7:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports

Submitted information CELINA — The Business Enterprise Center (BEC) at Wright State University-Lake Campus has announced the Spring 2017 schedule of classes. There is still time to register for workshops scheduled for March, April or May. Upcoming classes include the following workshops: Resume & Interviewing Is your resume a little out of date? Are your […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 7:42 am. FILED UNDER: Business, Youth

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The unemployment pendulum has swung a bit back down as jobless figures for Van Wert County — and most of the state — trended downward in February following a spike upwards in January of this year. The county was among 76 of Ohio’s 88 counties that saw a decrease in unemployment in […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 7:38 am. FILED UNDER: News

Submitted information ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Lincolnview and Vantage board member Eric Germann has been named a member of the National School Boards Association, according to information released this week. Germann, who just completed a term as president of the Ohio School Boards Association, has been named to represent the Central Region for the 2017-18 school […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 7:34 am. FILED UNDER: News

The Van Wert Optimist Club recently held its annual Essay Contest honoring two Van Wert High School students during the March 16 meeting. The Van Wert Optimist Club encouraged area students to contemplate the phrase “Chasing Optimism in the Face of Challenges” as part of the Optimist International Essay Contest for 2017. Jon Lee (from […]

POSTED: 03/29/17 at 7:32 am. FILED UNDER: News, Youth