VW independent/submitted information The flowers have bloomed, the sun is finally shining, and summer will soon be here. Westwood Behavioral Health Center will be celebrating throughout the month of May, as May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Staff members will be hosting a variety of events throughout the community to promote mental health and to […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 7:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Middle School seventh and eighth grade choirs will perform their spring concert at 7 this evening in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Selections such as “True Colors,” “Cross the Wide Missouri,” and “Listen to the Music!”, along with music from the groups’ OMEA junior high large group competition performance will […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 7:54 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Van Wert High School Principal Bob Priest has listed dates and times for its final semester examinations of the 2017-18 school year. Exams will be held Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18, at the school. All students are required to take examinations unless a course does not offer one, or a […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 7:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Lady Cougars captured the school’s first Western Buckeye League track and field championship since 1976. Van Wert finished with 99 team points, compared to 88 for Elida and 68 for defending champion Celina. Megan Braun won the long jump (18-5.25), the 400 meter dash (58.14) and was part of the champion 4×400 […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 6:19 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports/submitted information SPENCERVILLE — Columbus Grove High School swept the 2018 Northwest Conference track championships in a meet hosted at Spencerville High School Thursday and Saturday. The championship was the 23rd overall title for the Grove boys’ squad. The boys’ team from Bluffton placed second having won the boys’ championship last year, […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 6:18 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Van Wert finished Western Buckeye League baseball play with a 5-3 win over visiting Ottawa-Glandorf on Saturday. Two runs came in the first inning when Jonathon Lee scored on a fielder’s choice, then TJ Reynolds scored on a single by Darius Eddins. The Titans countered with two runs in the top […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 6:18 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports DEFIANCE – Defiance (No. 2 in Division II) held Lincolnview (No. 7 in Division IV) to just one hit, in a 4-0 non-conference baseball victory on Saturday. Ethan Kemler had the lone hit for the Lancers, a double in the top of the seventh inning. The Bulldogs scored one run in […]
POSTED: 05/14/18 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Richard G. “Dick” Preston, 86, of Van Wert, died at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born June 8, 1931, in Paulding County, the son of Eldon and Mildred (Mead) Preston, who both preceded him in death. On September 3, 1949, he married the former […]
POSTED: 05/13/18 at 7:53 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Melvin A. Maas, 84, of Van Wert, went to his Heavenly home at 10:42 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born July 2, 1933, in Menno, South Dakota, the son of Edmund and Hedwig (Schamber) Maas, who both preceded him in death. On June 7, 1957, Mel married the […]
POSTED: 05/12/18 at 10:37 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Eugene Bagley spent more than 30 years serving the citizens of Van Wert, first as a member of Van Wert City Council for 22 years, and then as a two-term mayor, from January 1992 until December 31, 1999. On Friday, his service was remembered as an alley beautification project was named the […]
POSTED: 05/12/18 at 8:54 am. FILED UNDER: News