DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council is halting live streaming of its meetings until problems with the broadcasts can be fixed, and Council members also discussed several other city problems, including the placing of grass clippings and leaves on city streets. Council President Jon Tomlinson noted that live broadcasts of City Council meetings currently […]
POSTED: 06/26/18 at 7:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health has declared a statewide community outbreak of Hepatitis A, with Ohio reporting 93 hepatitis A cases at this time. Hepatitis A outbreaks are occurring in several states in the U.S., including the neighboring states of Indiana (138 cases), Kentucky (761 cases), Michigan (843 cases), and West […]
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A special “thank you” to Ridgeview Behavioral Hospital for sponsoring a business day at YMCA Camp Clay this Wednesday, June 27. Pictured with YMCA Camp Clay Director Kevin Morrison are Daryl Dowdy, Daryl Neuenschwander and Ridgeview staff members. YMCA photo
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VW independent/submitted information Van Wert County Treasurer Beverly Fuerst reminds taxpayers that real estate taxes are due Wednesday, July 11. Property owners who have not received a tax bill should call the Treasurer’s Office immediately at 419.238.5177. Mailed payments must be postmarked on or before July 11 to avoid any penalty. Credit card payments are […]
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Van Wert independent sports Van Wert 3 Ottawa-Glandorf 2 Keaton Brown’s two-RBI single with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the difference in Monday’s 3-2 ACME baseball win over visiting Ottawa-Glandorf. Trailing 2-1, Brown’s hit to left field plated Lennon Bartley and Ryan Pratt. Parker Conrad […]
POSTED: 06/26/18 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — Sectional pairings have been announced for this year’s ACME baseball tournament. All sectional and district games will be played at Crestview High School. Lincolnview earned the No. 1 seed and a bye, and will play the winner of No. 4 seed St. Marys and #5 seed Delphos Jefferson. Those […]
POSTED: 06/26/18 at 6:46 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Barbara L. Taylor, 70, ofVenedocia, passed away at 3:29 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born October 1, 1947, in Van Wert, the daughter of Alfred Jackson and Alice (Stegaman) Bell, who both preceded her in death. Barbara was a 1965 graduate of Lincolnview High […]
POSTED: 06/25/18 at 4:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Pauline Marie Shaffer, 90, of Lexington, Kentucky, and formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Baptist Health Hospital in Lexington. She was born February 23, 1928, in Mercer County, the daughter of Henry and Pearl (Gehm) Bollenbacher, who both preceded her in death. In 1948, she married Leland […]
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Martha J. Chilcote-Roose, 94, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away at 4 a.m. Monday, June 25, 2018, at Adams Heritage in Monroeville. She was born July 23, 1923, in Van Wert, the daughter of Harry K. and Nellie (Hanafeld) Miller, who both preceded her in death. She was married to Warren G. Chilcote and David Roose, […]
POSTED: 06/25/18 at 4:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Hundreds of people came out Sunday afternoon for a chance to tour the new Van Wert Health North medical facility in the Towne Center shopping center. The center, with its walk-in clinic, is officially open starting today. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 06/25/18 at 8:19 am. FILED UNDER: News