Van Wert independent sports Van Wert 1 Bryan 0 (boys) At Bryan, the Cougars picked up win No. 1 of the young soccer season with a 1-0 victory over the Golden Bears on Thursday. A free kick by Isaac Alverez just outside the 18 foot box was the difference. “We controlled possession for the first […]
POSTED: 08/24/18 at 5:34 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Volleyball Van Wert 3 Paulding 1 Van Wert moved to 2-0 with a 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21 win at Paulding on Thursday. The Lady Cougars will return to action Monday at Delphos St. John’s. Golf Ottawa-Glandorf 166 Van Wert 193 (boys) The Titans defeated the Cougars 166-193 in Western Buckeye League […]
POSTED: 08/24/18 at 5:33 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information Van Wert fell to Wapakoneta 5-0 in Western Buckeye League girls’ tennis action on Thursday. It was the home opener for the Lady Cougars. At first singles, Wapakoneta’s Maria Resendez blanked Alli Morrow 6-0, 6-0, and at second singles, Alex Bickford defeated Van Wert’s Allie Etter 6-1, 6-0. Brianna Shank topped Emma Rutkowski […]
POSTED: 08/24/18 at 5:32 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
I don’t like to start an article this way, but I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the fair books for 2018 are in. Check pages 44 and 45 for Department Q-1600 Photography for the details on this year’s Photography Exhibit. Now for the bad news. I learned in a telephone conversation […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 10:38 am. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Call for entries! The 41st annual Wassenberg Photography Exhibit is upon us once again. The prospectus has been mailed to our members and the online version will be available on our Facebook page shortly. Both amateur and professional photographers from all around the region come together in this growing exhibition and we can’t wait to […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 10:32 am. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
I am writing this article from the Oakland, California, airport, getting ready to return to God’s country of Ohio. It’s certainly beautiful out here in California and Lake Tahoe, Nevada, but I sure feel at home in The Buckeye State. The monitors in the airport are even playing TV shows in Spanish. Now I know how Spanish speaking […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 10:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Gerald J. “Jerry” Hirn, 77, of Ohio City, and formerly of Spencerville, died at 7:11 a.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at Lima Memorial Health System following a 10-year illness. He was born March 14, 1941, in Monticello, Van Wert County, a son of Clarence Robert Hirn Sr. and Mary Ellen Vielkind Hirn, who both preceded […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 10:21 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Seven people appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court in the past week, including one person twice, for a variety of criminal hearings. Amber Baker, 28, of Van Wert, admitted to violating her probation by testing positive for drugs. A $10,000 cash/commercial surety bond was set and a pretrial conference was […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 8:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that he is awarding more than $3 million in grant funds to a number of law enforcement agencies across the state, including two in Van Wert County, for drug use prevention education programs in public schools. A total of 152 sheriffs’ offices and police […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 8:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information After a great band camp and several August rehearsals, the students and staff of the Van Wert High School “Cougar Pride” Marching Band are ready for the season to begin this Friday at home against Bryan. The high school band traveled to Oglebay Park near Wheeling, West Virginia, for band camp in […]
POSTED: 08/23/18 at 7:59 am. FILED UNDER: News