Submitted information A team of adults and teens from the First Baptist Church of Van Wert returned recently from a week long mission trip near Sao Paulo, Brazil in the town of Campinas. Team members were John Rager (team leader), Ryan Rager, Mark, Bethany, and Rebekah Fast, Cindy and Allison Bowsher, John, Tricia, and Haydn […]
Charles M. Balyeat passed away peacefully on June 27, 2017, at Brookshire Healthcare Center after a long and brave battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Charlie, as his friends and family called him, was born on December 7, 1934, to Donald and Madeline Balyeat in Van Wert. He grew up in Van Wert and graduated […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 3:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Betty R. Amweg, 92, formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 10:55 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017, at The Manor of Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida. She was born April 15, 1925, in Ohio City, the daughter of Daniel Albert and Bertha Reah (Bevington) High, who both preceded her in death. On July 16, 1944, […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 3:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The event, organized by Main Street Van Wert and Wassenberg Art Center, includes gourmet food trucks along Central Avenue, plus art exhibits and other art activities, as well as bands and other entertainment on the art center grounds. Other sponsors this year include Long Prairie Wind, Harvest the Wind, Central Insurance Companies, […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information During traffic stops, troopers are trained to look beyond the initial violation for possible indicators of criminal activity. In the first six months of 2017, the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a wide range of felony offenses and saw an increase in total drug arrests from the same time frame last year. From […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 7:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Pizza Hut of Van Wert 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 […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 7:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information LIMA — Employers in the greater West Central Ohio region will collect $33 million in rebates from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in checks that will be mailed beginning next week. BWC Administrator/CEO Sarah Morrison, in Lima to present a ceremonial check to local business leaders, said employers are free to spend […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 7:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports Van Wert’s Smiley and Jubilee Parks, along with the Rotary Athletic Complex will be very busy this weekend, as more than 30 youth baseball teams in three different age divisions will converge for the 12th annual Don Bachman Memorial Tournament. The tournament will feature 8u (eight and under) teams from Celina, […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports ELIDA — ACME baseball sectionals at Crestview and Bath are complete, which means the district tournament will begin tomorrow at Elida’s Ed Sandy Field. Crestview enters the district semifinals as the No. 1 seed from the West Sectional, and Van Wert comes in as the No. 2 seed. Elida is the […]
POSTED: 07/07/17 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Ruth Mary Miller, 88, of Vancrest Health Care Center in Convoy, passed away at 2:50 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born October 31, 1928, in Adams County, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Amelia (Guenin) Monnier, who both preceded her in death. On July 26, […]
POSTED: 07/06/17 at 10:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries