VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, provided a number of updates and new information during their news conference detailing Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Deferred elective proceduresGovernor DeWine announced on Wednesday that he has asked the Ohio Hospital Association to begin […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 4:24 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information As of Wednesday, the Van Wert County General Health District (VWCGHD) reports two confirmed cases, and both cases have recovered. A person is reported as recovered from COVID‐19 when that person is released from isolation by local health district officials. A person who has been placed into isolation due to infection with […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 11:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Van Wert’s 2019 baseball season was one for the ages. The Cougars won a school record 27 games (27-3) and finished as Western Buckeye League co-champions with Defiance, then won sectional, district and regional championships before falling to Dayton Chaminade-Julienne in the Division II state semifinals. A staggering nine seniors graduated […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 3:48 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A former Van Wert County resident recently realized his lifelong dream of becoming an airline pilot — a dream the COVID-19 pandemic could now put on hold, at least for a while. Tyler Trisel Overholt, who lived in the Ohio City area as a youngster and attended Lincolnview elementary school, received his […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 1:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent BELLEFONTAINE — A Van Wert woman is currently in a Logan County jail on felony drug charges after being arrested in a service station parking lot in Bellefontaine. According to Bellefontaine radio stations WPKO-FM and WBLL-AM, Kelly McKenzie, 57, faces charges of conveying drugs into a detention facility, possession of methamphetamine, possession […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 1:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent MIDDLE POINT — Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has identified the young girl who died in a fatal shooting in Middle Point last Thursday. Killed in the incident was Aubrie Moore, 4, of 301 E. Lewis St., Apt. C, in Middle Point. According to the sheriff, his office received a […]
POSTED: 04/15/20 at 1:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic during their daily weekday briefing on Tuesday. Medicaid waiver applicationIn addition to previous emergency measures taken by the Ohio Department of Medicaid to help increase […]
POSTED: 04/14/20 at 3:32 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information House Bill 197, signed by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on March 27 as the state’s response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, includes a number of tax-related measures, including extension of the tax filing deadline to July 15, which also applies to estimated payments. The extension of due dates also applies to Van […]
POSTED: 04/14/20 at 3:18 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Van Wert City Council President Jon Tomlinson has provided information needed for the public to connect with a “committee of the whole” meeting of Council scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 20. The meeting is being held to discuss possible zoning designations for the Haven of Hope homeless shelter/drop-in center on North […]
POSTED: 04/14/20 at 3:12 pm. FILED UNDER: News
It’s time to roll! It’s time for Ohio to start moving forward again! It appears as though the impact of this virus is not as dramatic as we once thought it might be just a few weeks ago. Up to this point I have agreed with the decisions that our governor has implemented for our […]
POSTED: 04/14/20 at 2:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Opinions