Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Friday reminded school district officials who partnered with the state to make COVID-19 vaccine available to their teachers and qualified school personnel that they committed to returning to in-person learning by March 1. “The priorities of our vaccination program have been to save lives and to […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 11:23 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Delphos Police February 6, no time listed — Ryan Bendele, no age listed, of Ottoville, was cited for operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI) while in the city of Delphos. He will appear in Van Wert Municipal Court on the charge. January 30, no time listed — Beverly Rahrig, 42, of Spencerville, was cited into […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 11:02 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent/submitted information First Federal of Van Wert announces the election of Patrick J. Jackson to its Board of Directors. Jackson was elected at the annual meeting on January 20, and will join other directors, including Michael T. Cross, Paul Svabik, J. Andrew Czajkowski, Brian Renner, and Randy Myers. Jackson is currently chief operations officer […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 10:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Van Wert independent sports Here are final scores of area boys’ basketball games played on Friday, February 12. NWC Columbus Grove 72 Allen East 25Crestview 48 Paulding 43Delphos Jefferson 66 Spencerville 62 (OT)Lincolnview 67 Ada 34 WBL Celina 48 St. Marys Memorial 45 (OT)Defiance 46 Wapakoneta 39Ottawa-Glandorf 73 Kenton 48Shawnee 68 Elida 29Van Wert 81 […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 9:38 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Sue E. Etzler Schuller, 66, of Van Wert, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at her residence. She was born May 24, 1954, in Van Wert, the daughter of Hugo A. and Florence E. (Schaffner) Etzler, who both preceded her in death. Sue enjoyed listening to music and loved family activities. She was also a […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 6:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor CONVOY — Crestview survived a barrage of three pointers by Paulding and the Lady Knights earned a share of the 2020-2021 Northwest Conference championship with a 57-51 win over the Lady Panthers on Thursday. Crestview (17-3, 7-1 NWC) shares the title with Delphos Jefferson (17-5, 7-1 NWC). The Wildcats defeated Spencerville […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 5:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Lincolnview 54 Ada 51 ADA — Zadria King scored 17 points and Kendall Bollenbacher added 14 points plus seven rebounds and Lincolnview finished the regular season on a high note with a 54-51 win over Ada on Thursday night. Makayla Jackman and Annie Mendenhall each scored seven for Lincolnview and Mendenhall […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 5:06 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports/submitted information Van Wert’s wrestling team hosted Kenton and came away with a dominating 57-9 victory on Thursday. It was the second Western Buckeye League win of the week for Van Wert. Individual results are listed below. 106 – Connor Dye (K) won by fall in 4:38 over Kaedyn Swander (VW)113 – Matthew […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 5:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Note: This week’s installment of the Friday Flashback goes back to February of 2011, when the Van Wert picked up a non-conference girls’ basketball win over Lima Sr. Below is the story as it appeared on the VW independent Sports page. Van Wert independent sports It took an overtime period, but the Van Wert Lady […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 5:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the 2020-2021 wrestling state tournament will be split between three Central District high schools, Hilliard Darby (Division I), Marengo Highland (Division II) and Marion Harding (Division III), March 13-14. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the dates scheduled by the OHSAA, the Schottenstein Center […]
POSTED: 02/12/21 at 5:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports