Van Wert independent sports MINSTER – Crestview scored a dozen runs, but it wasn’t enough, as the Knights lost Wednesday’s eight inning non-conference road game to Minster, 13-12. The Wildcats won it when the batter, Jon Niemeyer was hit by a pitch while the bases were loaded in the extra inning. Crestview (7-3) led for […]
POSTED: 04/20/17 at 7:36 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent/submitted information The Main Street Van Wert Board of Directors announced Wednesday that Dan Baisden has been appointed to serve as the organization’s new program manager, replacing Adam Ries. Baisden brings a host of diverse skills and ideas to the organization, specifically in the Four-Point Approach of Organization, Promotion, Design, and Business Development. His […]
POSTED: 04/20/17 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent correspondent The architectural firm of Garmann-Miller and Associates has been hired by the Lincolnview Local Board of Education, as a planned 33,000 square-foot multipurpose community center moves closer to the construction phase. Board members approved an agreement with the Minster-based firm, during Wednesday night’s monthly meeting. “Things are going to go very fast […]
POSTED: 04/20/17 at 7:08 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent news A Van Wert man who admitted violating his probation by refusing to go to the Western Ohio Regional Treatment and Habilitation (WORTH) Center in Lima, after first denying it, was subsequently sentenced to a term at the substance abuse treatment center. Kyle Goodwin, 28, of Van Wert, withdrew his previous denial […]
POSTED: 04/20/17 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information For the past 18 years, Peace Over Violence has run the Denim Day (denimdayinfo.org) campaign on a Wednesday in April during Sexual Violence Awareness Month. The campaign was originally triggered by a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court that overturned a rape conviction because the justices felt that, since the victim was wearing […]
POSTED: 04/20/17 at 6:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
POSTED: 04/19/17 at 2:02 pm. FILED UNDER: Cougar's Den
By Rex Dolby The Van Wert Area Photography Club’s most recent meeting was Thursday, April 13th. The competition theme, “Toilets”, did not produce the results hoped for so there was a very short stack to pick from. Rex Dolby’s entry received the most votes. Dolby confided that the Bear was hesitant to appear in such a revealing scene […]
POSTED: 04/19/17 at 1:58 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Payton Knittle Saturday April 22 is Crestview prom that will be hosted at Willow Bend in Van Wert. The dance will start around 8 p.m. and will last until 11 p.m. Then students have the option to attend after-prom too. The after prom will be at Olympic Lanes bowling alley in Van Wert from […]
POSTED: 04/19/17 at 1:52 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
Doris Viola (Fisher) Gallaway of Ohio City passed away at 8:54 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. She was born May 10, 1923, in Van Wert County, the daughter of Orbie and Nellie (Harter) Fisher, who both preceded her in death. The father of her children Ronald Gallaway, also […]
POSTED: 04/19/17 at 1:52 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
By Hope Wallace The Annual High School Invitational will open on this Sunday, April 23 with a free, public party from 1–5 p.m. Free munchies, awards and an art project will celebrate young artists who go to school within a 30-mile radius of Van Wert. Plan to attend and check out the wonderful and imaginative […]
POSTED: 04/19/17 at 1:47 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?