A number of local pilots did a flyover at fellow pilot Steve McCollum’s Mendon Road home on Sunday to honor their deceased colleague and former flying buddy, who passed away April 25 at his residence. Here, Dr. Tom Wilkin performs an aerobatic roll in honor of McCollum. photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
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Lincolnview students danced the night away during the school’s Junior-Senior Prom held Saturday night in the well-decorated Dairy Barn on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
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VW independent/submitted information The 56th annual Van Wert County Jubilee Flower Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, at Wassenberg Art Center, 214 S. Washington St. in Van Wert (former Van Wert Armory). The flower show will be held in conjunction with Peony Festival weekend. Flowers may be viewed on Saturday from 1-5 […]
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The Hit Men showed why they were valued members of a number of important rock and pop groups of the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties as they played songs from those groups for a large audience Saturday evening at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
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Submitted information Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 8.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.18 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,345 gas outlets in Ohio. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.34 per […]
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The Crestview High School Music Department will present its Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 in the high school auditeria. The jazz band, high school band, high school chorus, and Knight Vision show choir (above) will be performing. Admission is free, and doors will open at 7 p.m. (Crestview photo)
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Submitted information The date for livestock identification and weigh-in has been announced. Those who have questions may contact the Ohio State University Extension Office at 419.238.1214. The sheep, goat, and dairy feeder weigh-in for 2017 Van Wert County Junior Fair exhibitors will be Saturday, June 3, at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Dairy feeders will […]
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Braun Industries will be sponsoring a Business Day at the Camp Clay Aqua Park this summer. Local businesses purchase the day for the Van Wert community; access includes swimming, a floating playground, zipline, paddleboats, a half-acre beach, and the 3,600-square-foot splash pad. New features include water cannons at the splash pad and a log roll to […]
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Submitted information The Van Wert County Outdoorsmen Association will be hosting a Ladies Day at the Range on Saturday, May 13. It begins at 9 a.m. and ends at noon. The event is for women who are looking for a chance for instruction in the use of firearms. This class focuses on firearm usage, firearm […]
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The Salvation Army recently had its first Easter Egg Hunt. Lt. Josh Morales and Waltmire (a Crestview High School senior) worked together on the project, along with volunteers to create an Easter Egg Hunt held in Fountain Park. Eggs were collected, a bike was given away to the child finding the “right” egg, and some squirrels […]