Marsh adds Foster Care licensing worker

VW independent/submitted information The Marsh Foundation has hired Brenna Hayes, LSW, to join the Foster Care and Adoption Division as a licensing specialist and consultant. Hayes is a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University, with a bachelor’s degree in social work and a minor in psychology.  Hayes brings with her a variety of experiences and […]

VWCS has Honeywell Instant Alert system

VW independent/submitted information Van Wert City Schools would like to remind parents and guardians that, in order to receive alerts, they must be signed up for the Honeywell Instant Alert® for Schools system. In addition to communicating during an emergency, the Honeywell system is used to notify users of school delays and closings, early dismissals, […]

Motorists: Practice school bus safety

Submitted information This month, thousands of Ohio school children will be heading back to school. For many of these students their day starts and ends by riding a school bus. The safety of the students riding to and from school and to school-sanctioned events is top priority.  From 2016 through 2018, 3,962 traffic crashes involved […]

VW Concert Band to perform August 16

VW independent/submitted information On Friday, August 16, the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will present a concert in the band shell of Fountain Park in Van Wert. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to the public.   Music to be performed that night will include the 1971 CBS sports theme “Championship”, Michael W. Smith’s […]

Jr. Fair plans Celebration Sunday events

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Junior Fair has announced events for its Celebration Sunday, to be held August 18. The events will be held at the Marsh Foundation, 1229 Lincoln Highway in Van Wert.  Events that day will include the King and Queen Coronation, Cloverbud Graduation Ceremony, 4-H Fashion Style Review, and the […]

CMS sets date for sixth-grade orientation

VW independent/submitted information CONVOY — Crestview Middle School will be holding sixth grade orientation on Wednesday, August 14, at 6:30 p.m., in the auditeria for all incoming sixth graders and their parents.   Students will be able to meet their teachers, as well as visit classrooms, locate lockers, and walk through daily schedules. Parents who have […]

Mildred P. Bollenbacher

Mildred P. Bollenbacher, 88, of Rockford, died early Thursday morning, August 8, 2019, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford.   She was born October 2, 1930, in Celina, Mercer County, the daughter of Raymond V. and Hila (Kull) Snider, who both preceded her in death. On December 18, 1948, she married Robert Paul Bollenbacher, […]

House fire…

Van Wert firefighters were called to a house fire on Bonnewitz Avenue Thursday afternoon. The Van Wert County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was also dispatched to the house fire to assist a woman left homeless by the fire to find lodging. CERT also provided a canteen for firefighters to help them deal with the […]

Photo Club members set for area shoot

The Van Wert Area Photography Club’s Sculpture shoot is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in Decatur, Indiana, from Court Street, which is on the left as you face the front of the courthouse on South Second Street.  Any photographer planning to attend the event is to reserve a space for the tour and/or a […]

Time to get together with ‘John Denver’

This world is divisive by nature. What is it about music that gathers us in common accord, like gathering around a fire on a cold night? When we physically seek heat, we don’t ask who built the fire. When our soul needs music, we don’t ask who wrote the song. We need each other. I […]