DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The local Heart Land Patriots group sponsored a Meet the Candidates Night on Tuesday evening, with a featured face-off between Van Wert County commissioner candidates Vicki Profit and Thad Lichtensteiger, a well as a presentation by Bob Kreienkamp and a representative for Todd Wolfrum, both Republicans who are challenging Bob Latta for […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 8:27 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Main Street Van Wert announces the 2018 Main Street Live annual meeting and dinner celebration for the organization on Tuesday, May 8, at the Wassenberg Art Center in downtown. This year’s event will feature the restaurants and eateries of downtown Van Wert, including 133 Bistro, Black Angus on Main, Wild Willy’s, Collins […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 8:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Early voting has begun at the offices of the Board of Elections, 120 E. Main St. in Van Wert. Beginning this past Tuesday, office hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and these hours run through April 27. Monday, April 30, through Thursday, May 4, hours will run 8 a.m. to […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 8:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Everyone loves baby goats! Now those emotions can be joined with therapeutic exercise. With this new form of yoga sweeping across America, the YMCA has partnered with Bless This Mess Homestead to bring Goat Yoga to Van Wert. Participants enjoy petting the baby goats before, during and after the yoga session. Goats […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 8:05 am. FILED UNDER: Lifestyles
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Brad Doidge’s third stint as Lincolnview’s softball coach got off to a late start in more ways than one. Doidge, who led the Lady Lancers from 1999-2012 and during the 2015 season was hired in February to retake the reins. “The coaching job was available for a long time and some […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — Celina swept Tuesday’s track and field tri-meet against host Crestview and the Van Wert Cougars. The Lady Bulldogs won the team standings with 92.50 points, Van Wert finished with 69.50 and Crestview tallied 10 points. On the boys side, the Bulldogs finished with 97.50 points, followed by Van Wert […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports A five run seventh inning by Van Wert led to a 9-6 softball road win on Tuesday. The game was tied 4-4, when Lauren Moore hit a two-RBI triple that scored Laine Spoor and Alexis Metz. Adrianna Grothause followed that with an RBI single that plated Moore, then Grace Kline launched […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports The visiting Wapakoneta Redskins scored seven runs in the sixth inning and defeated Van Wert 11-2 on Tuesday. It was the first loss of the baseball season for the Cougars (2-1, 0-1 WBL), who committed a total of five errors in the game. Wapakoneta led 1-0 after three innings, but Van […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:46 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
2016 Lincolnview High School graduate and current Ohio State sophomore Trevor Neate scored eight points off the bench and helped the OSU “Ballstars” Basketball Club team win the NCBBA national championship with an 80-70 victory over Harvard on Sunday in South Bend, Indiana. Because just three percent of high school basketball players go on to […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports WAPAKONETA — The Redskins edged Van Wert 3-2 in Western Buckeye League tennis action on Monday. Kannen Wannemacher won at second singles, defeating Jordan Moening 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, and the first doubles team of Michael Hellman and Zane Fast beat David Haver and John Doll 6-3, 6-3. Wapakoneta’s Jeffery Adkins defeated […]
POSTED: 04/11/18 at 6:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports