Van Wert independent sports A Green Meadows Conference matchup, Wayne Trace at Hicksville, will be this Friday’s live high school football game on 99.7 WKSD. Friday’s St. Marys Memorial at Van Wert Western Buckeye League showdown will air live on WERT 1220AM/104.3FM.
POSTED: 09/14/20 at 3:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent/submitted information LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 has listed highway projects that will likely affect traffic in Van Wert County this week. Those projects are as follow: U.S. 30 at U.S. 224, both eastbound and westbound, Van Wert, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for a project […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 10:31 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Wassenberg Art Center is calling for entries for its 43rd annual Photography Exhibit. This highly-regarded exhibit is juried by professional photographers, professors, or curators of distinction who select current works of the highest quality. Cash awards total $1,500. All photographers, both amateur and professional, are encouraged to apply. Youths age 16-18 are […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 10:22 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert City Planning Commission will be holding a meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, September 28, in Van Wert Council Chambers, located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, 515 E. Main St. This meeting is to approve the final plat for the Elks Drive dedication.
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 10:21 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Officials from the Van Wert County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank), Main Street Van Wert (MSVW), and The Van Wert County Foundation (VWCF) are accelerating efforts to find funds to demolish a neglected downtown building that has become even more of a safety hazard because of a partial collapse of the structure […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 5:10 pm. FILED UNDER: News
To the Editor: I’m contacting people in Van Wert because I went to visit my brother a few years back and he found some old postcards and three photos of a child in an envelope and gave them to me. They are as old as 1909, and one of them is on leather. The names […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 12:40 pm. FILED UNDER: Letters to the Editor
Esther T. Riojas, 87, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:25 p.m. Friday, September 11, 2020, at Visiting Nurse Hospice Home. She was born May 25, 1933, in Hindes, Texas, the daughter of Jose and Antonia (Garcia) Torrez, who both preceded her in death. On December 10, 1950, Esther married the love of her life, […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 12:34 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A portion of the roof and west wall of the Home Guard Building, corner of Market and Main streets, collapsed early this morning, strewing debris over the 100 block of North Market Street. photo by Rick McCoy for the Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 10:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Carolyn Kay (Wambsganss) Schumm, 72, of Convoy, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 7:09 p.m. Thursday, September 10, 2020. after a four-week battle for her life in the Cleveland Clinic ICU. She was a devoted Christian, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is deeply missed by her family. Carolyn was born […]
POSTED: 09/13/20 at 10:48 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Ray Bates, 93, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:03 a.m. Saturday, September 12, 2020, at Hearth & Home in Van Wert. He was born September 19, 1926, in Van Wert, the son of Ray Bates Sr. and Jennie Ellen (Potts) Bates, who both preceded him in death. On September 19, 1951, in Somerville, Massachusetts, […]
POSTED: 09/12/20 at 8:47 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries