VW independent/submitted information Crime Stoppers will pay people cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve its investigation of a theft that occurred at the Van Wert Walmart. On Friday, December 4, a female wearing a black jacket and blue jeans, with a tattoo above her left eye, and a […]
POSTED: 12/22/20 at 12:25 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers, News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor HAVILAND – It was a game of runs and Wayne Trace had the final run on the way to a 52-49 non-conference boys’ basketball win over visiting Van Wert on Saturday. The loss dropped Van Wert’s record to 0-3, while Wayne Trace improved to 4-2. Trailing 48-43 and held scoreless for […]
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 6:03 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — Freshman Cali Gregory scored 17 points to lead Crestview to a 51-39 win over Kalida on Saturday. The Lady Knights led 7-5 after the first quarter and 16-11 at halftime, then started to pull away by outscoring the Wildcats 16-10 in the third period. Bailey Gregory scored six of […]
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 6:02 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Van Wert 2457 Shawnee 1996 (girls) Van Wert enjoyed a season team-high series and improved to 4-1 (4-0 WBL) with a 2457-1996 win over Shawnee at 20th Century Lanes on Saturday. In the first game Ryleigh Hanicq rolled a 225, followed by Makenna Nagel (179) and Lorrie Decker (169), and the […]
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 6:02 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag features questions about Van Wert’s basketball schedule, a new football coach at Crestview, the College Football Playoff and the Cleveland Indians no more. Q: Why in the world would Van Wert agree to a schedule that has no boys basketball games at home for nearly a month? […]
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 6:01 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Although it is a pile of rubble now, the Home Guards Temple Building was one of the city’s most luxurious structures when completed in 1906. While not as old as some downtown buildings that date to the late 1800s, its 114-year existence lasted far longer than the organization that built it. The […]
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 3:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge Martin Burchfield swears in County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach on Friday for his new term beginning in 2021. Other county officials sworn in include County Commissioners Stan Owens and Todd Wolfrum, County Recorder Kim Hughes, County Clerk of Courts Cindy Mollenkopf, and County Prosecutor Eva Yarger. photo provided
POSTED: 12/21/20 at 3:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports Here are final scores from area boys’ high school basketball games played on Saturday. All games are non-conference games. Anna 66 Minster 52Bath 65 Liberty-Benton 60Columbus Grove 58 Patrick Henry 48Cory-Rawson 38 Ada 36 (OT)Fort Recovery 46 Ansonia 39Kalida 71 Spencerville 44Ottawa-Glandorf 57 Archbold 36Ottoville 69 Toledo Christian 66 (OT)Paulding 58 […]
POSTED: 12/19/20 at 9:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Gerard A. “Jerry” Kroeger, 90, of Delphos, passed away from natural causes at 1:15 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos. He was born March 23, 1930, in Delphos, the son of Edwin A. and Lauretta (Beckman) Kroeger, who both preceded him in death. In September 1960, he was united […]
POSTED: 12/19/20 at 2:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine joined with U.S. Senator Rob Portman, Recovery Ohio Director Alisha Nelson, and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) Director Lori Criss on Friday to announce grants totaling $76,534,000 for new strategic efforts combatting Ohio’s drug crisis in local communities. The grants, which represent a […]
POSTED: 12/19/20 at 8:11 am. FILED UNDER: News