Van Wert independent sports Van Wert’s tennis team cruised to a win, while soccer teams from Crestview, Lincolnview and Van Wert were in action, along with Lincolnview’s volleyball and girls’ golf teams. Tennis Van Wert 5 Ayersville 0 On Senior Night, Van Wert had no trouble with Ayersville, sweeping to a 5-0 victory. All three […]
POSTED: 09/24/19 at 3:48 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports/submitted information CONVOY — The 19th annual Fricker’s/Lady Knight Volleyball Invitational is set for Saturday, September 28, at Crestview High School. The field features eight teams who will compete for the title of champion. The lineup includes three state-ranked programs in Division IV: No. 1 (St. Henry, No. 6 Norwalk St. Paul and […]
POSTED: 09/24/19 at 3:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Random Thoughts center around last Friday’s wild Bluffton-Ada football game, a surprise team, an exciting volleyball invitational, Jim Harbaugh, Notre Dame and Freddie Kitchens. Eye popping numbers I’d like to share some of the numbers from Bluffton’s 70-50 win over Ada on Friday. The Pirates are Crestview’s next opponent. […]
POSTED: 09/24/19 at 3:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Police September 22, 4:55 p.m. — Jeffery S. Closson Sr., 33, and Mica F. Closson, 32, both of 816 W. Main St., Apt. 14, were charged with domestic violence for an incident that occurred at their residence. September 22, 4:47 p.m. — Sabrina A. Kline, 30, of Haviland, was charged with theft in […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 10:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council unanimously rejected a plan to replace state building inspections with services from Miami County or Allen County by unanimously voting “no” on the third and final reading of a measure that would have approved the deal. Because a great majority of county building inspections occur in the city, […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 10:38 pm. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent writer CONVOY — Construction updates made up part of Monday night’s meeting of the Crestview Local Board of Education. Board members toured the classroom addition construction area and the site of the Early Childhood Center renovation, and the board received an update from Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf. “Currently, masonry subcontractors have erected the first […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 10:31 pm. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert County Foundation recently awarded a $2,000 grant to the Van Wert County Historical Society to help in restoring two rooms in the Clark House. Shown in the Fostnaught Law Office are (from the left) Foundation Marketing and Resource Manager Amanda Miller, Foundation Executive Secretary Seth Baker, and Historical Society Trustees Jeanne Zeigler […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 10:24 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Peony Festival Committee’s annual Basket & Tote Bingo event will take place Saturday, October 5, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 425 Woodland Ave. in Van Wert. Doors will open at 8 a.m. and the first game will begin at 10 that morning, with food available for purchase, including breakfast items. Bingo […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 10:21 pm. FILED UNDER: News
The Guess Who wowed the audience Sunday evening at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, playing the group’s hits from the past 57 years, as well as three cuts from the group’s latest album, The Future IS What it Used to Be. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 7:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
New VW Warehouse owners Amy Covey (right) and Michelle Hoffman cut the ribbon on their new business (above) while family members and Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce directors look on. The new owners have completely renovated their building in the 100 block of North Washington Street and plan to offer handmade wood sign projects […]
POSTED: 09/23/19 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: News