SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor The Lincolnview Lancers ran into a buzzsaw Saturday, dropping both games of a baseball doubleheader against the state-ranked Fairview Apaches (third in Division III), 7-4 and 10-0. In game one, Lincolnview trailed 6-0 in the fourth, but the Lancers put three runs on the board in the bottom of the inning. […]
POSTED: 04/24/17 at 6:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Track and Field Lancer boys finish first, girls finish fourth at St. John’s Invite DELPHOS – Lincolnview enjoyed a strong showing at Saturday’s Delphos St. John’s Invitational, with the boys scoring 143 points to bring home the championship trophy, while the girls finished with 94 points, to finish fourth out of […]
POSTED: 04/24/17 at 6:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It could be considered a signature win for the Lincolnview Lancers baseball program. The Lancers trailed by five runs early in the contest, rallied to tie the game, grabbed the lead in the sixth inning, then held off state-ranked Delphos St. John’s in the seventh for an 8-7 victory. Friday’s game […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 8:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports The following is a roundup of sporting events held Friday: Softball Lady Knights hammer Kalida KALIDA – The Crestview Lady Knights scored 11 runs to open the game, then scored in each of the remaining four innings, en route to a 25-0 win over Kalida. After the opening inning explosion, Crestview (6-8) scored five […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 8:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor KENTON – A three-run fifth inning by the Wildcats doomed the second-ranked Van Wert Cougars, in Friday’s 4-3 loss to Kenton. Van Wert fell to 12-3 (2-3 Western Buckeye League), while Kenton improved to 7-6 (3-2 WBL). Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Kenton took advantage of two Van Wert errors, then […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 8:16 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The culmination of months of work came Friday as a house at 421 N. Market St. was demolished as part of the Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP). A second house across the street is slated for demolition on Monday. The program, part of a $500,000 housing demolition award to Van Wert that is funded by the […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 8:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor New warning gates that Van Wert Park District and Van Wert city officials hope will warn bikers to slow down prior to reaching the crossing over U.S. 224 are now in place on a local bike/walking trail, thanks to a local Boy Scout working to make Eagle Scout. Cole Gorman, son of […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 7:54 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information As a part of Van Wert County for 68 years, the Van Wert Soil & Water Conservation District wants to remind area residents that everyone has a connection to natural resources. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is celebrating the 62nd year of Stewardship Week April 30-May 7. The 2017 Stewardship Week […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 7:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Van Wert County Board of Elections is still in the process of early voting in its office, although Elections Director Linda Stutz said voting so far has been light. The remaining hours for early voting are as follows: Monday through Friday, April 24-28 — 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 29, […]
POSTED: 04/22/17 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
Mary R. Compton, 93, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2017, surrounded by her family at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Prior to that, Mary was a resident of Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. Mary was born July 22, 1923, in Convoy, the daughter of Joseph […]
POSTED: 04/21/17 at 4:33 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries