US Bank gives to NPAC

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio is honored to be the recipient of a very generous contribution from US Bank’s Community Possible giving and engagement platform. US Bank, with local branches in Van Wert and Convoy, works to build strong and lasting partnerships by supporting institutions like the Niswonger that are focused on […]

Ohio milkweed pod collection planned

VW independent/submitted information The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative is calling on Ohioans for a second year of milkweed pod collections.This project started in 2015 as a seven-county pilot and, last year, hundreds of Ohioans worked together. Since then, volunteers have collected approximately 5,000 gallons of common milkweed seed pods, totaling over 22 million seeds. Milkweed […]

Jr. Fair sets Celebration Sunday schedule

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Junior Fair has announced events scheduled for Celebration Sunday this coming Sunday, August 26. The day’s events will be held on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds at the Farm Focus Arena. Events include the King and Queen coronation, Cloverbud graduation ceremony, 4-H Fashion Style Review, and the 4-H […]

VWHS schedules open house date, times

VW independent/submitted information Van Wert High School Principal Bob Priest has scheduled an open house for parents of VWHS students. The open house will run from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 29. Parents/guardians are asked to meet at 7 p.m. in the school commons area for introductory comments by Priest. Following that, parents will be able […]

Marjorie Hunter Shook Hoellrich

Marjorie Hunter Shook Hoellrich, 93, of Sarasota, Florida, died Saturday, August 11, 2018. She was born July 11, 1925, in rural Van Wert County, the daughter of Benjamin and Myra (Burris) Hunter, who both preceded her in death. Survivors include three sons, Tom Shook of Naples, Florida, Bill Shook of Sarasota, Florida, and Dana Shook […]

OSHP seeks information on hit-skip crash

VW independent/submitted information PAULDING — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is seeking information on the circumstances that led to the serious injury of a pedestrian on Township Road 95 near U.S. 500 in Paulding County. At approximately 5:33 p.m. Tuesday, the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of […]

12 vye for Jr. Fair king, queen, princess

VW independent/submitted information With the 2018 Van Wert County Fair quickly approaching, the Junior Fair Coronation Committee has announced this year’s candidates for king and queen and species prince or princess. The coronation ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 26, in the Farm Focus Arena at the south end of the fairgrounds. […]

Myers to replace Young on VWCF board

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Foundation has appointed a new board of trustee member as a long-term trustee retires. Bob Young, a member for 24 years, is retiring from the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. “We are grateful for his commitment to The Foundation, our mission, and our community,” said Foundation Executive Secretary Seth Baker. […]

Firefighter bill receives $1 million funding

Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a vote of 85-0, the United States Senate voted to appropriate $1 million in funds for Brown’s bill, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, which requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create and maintain a voluntary registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters. The data collected by […]

VWCHD can’t do health, birth certificates

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Health Department’s Vital Statistic Office will not be able to do any death or birth certificates today, Tuesday, August 21, due to the Ohio Department of Health making upgrades to the state data system.