Van Wert independent sports ELIDA – It wasn’t easy, but Van Wert picked up a 3-2 Western Buckeye League tennis win over Elida on Tuesday. Van Wert’s Gabe Rollins defeated Evan Yount at second singles, 6-0, 6-2, and Ryan Keber dominated Elida’s Tyler Christoff 6-0, 6-0. The third win came at second doubles, where the […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 7:58 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
A second house at 420 N. Market St. (above and below) was demolished on Tuesday as part of a $500,000 reimbursement program received by the Van Wert County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank) from the Neighborhood Initiative Program. photos by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 6:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) attended an Opioid Listening Session led by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie this afternoon at the White House. Christie was recently named to lead the White House’s opioid addiction commission to address the crisis. Last summer, Latta hosted a forum in Findlay on the opioid epidemic and continues to […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 6:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information REYNOLDSBURG — Once again, the Lincolnview High School Concert Choir, under the direction of Stacie Korte, is headed to State. The choir will compete at 10 a.m. this Saturday, April 29, at the Reynoldsburg High School Summit Campus. The Lincolnview group consists of 71 members from grades 9-12. This is the choir’s eighth […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 6:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Eric K. Germann, a member of the Lincolnview and Vantage Career Center boards of education, recently graduated from the Ohio School Boards Association Board Leadership Institute (BLI). The institute is an intensive two-day training program designed exclusively for public school board members. Germann was one of nearly 200 Ohio school board […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 5:56 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
This Sunday will be nuts with mutts all over the stage at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. The actual name of the show is “Mutts Gone Nuts”, and it should be a hoot! Everyone loves dogs doing funny and cute things on stage. I actually think people watch and think, “Why doesn’t my dog do this?” I hope you […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 5:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Dan Joseph Ricker, 56, passed away Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017, at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on June 11, 1960 in Ottoville, Ohio, the son of the late Ambrose and Loretta (Pohlman) Ricker. He is survived by a daughter, Lori Ann Ricker of Delphos; one son, Kevin Joseph (Catherine) Ricker of […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 5:40 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor MIDDLE POINT — A Lima teenager is in custody today following a shooting Tuesday night in Middle Point. Blake R. Kimmet, 19, is being held in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility this morning on a charge of felonious assault, a felony of the second degree. According to Van Wert County Sheriff […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 5:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Steve “Whitey” McCollum, 63, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at his residence. He was born April 5, 1954, in Van Wert, the son of Leona L. Schwarck and Ray Van McCollum, who both preceded him in death. He married Pam Agler McCollum, who survives. Other survivors include two […]
POSTED: 04/26/17 at 12:30 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council looked at a request to maintain city funding for the Van Wert Regional Airport, while a vote on a measure to merge city and county Revolving Loan Funds shows support is apparently eroding the legislation. Council’s Health-Service-Safety Committee also continued its discussion of the solid waste collection situation, […]
POSTED: 04/25/17 at 8:15 am. FILED UNDER: News