The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners recently proclaimed April as “Van Wert County and City History Month”. Shown are (from the left) Commissioner Stan Owens, Van Wert County Historical Society President Theresa Mengerink, and Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger. photo provided
POSTED: 04/19/21 at 12:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
Staff and submitted information The Van Wert County Council on Aging announced its day travel schedule for 2021 on Friday. This year’s first day bus trip will be on Wednesday, June 23, to the Ark Encounter in Williamston, Kentucky (right outside Cincinnati). Cost of the trip is $130 and will include a stop at Jungle Jim’s […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 6:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Staff and submitted information LIMA — Senior housing centers and councils on aging throughout Ohio, including Van Wert County, will distribute kits and information to promote safe disposal of unused prescription drugs. Through a partnership with Recovery Ohio, the Association of Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), and the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative of Ohio (RALI […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 6:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Chapter of the Women of the Moose recently donated $2,000 to the YWCA of Van Wert County for its annual Summer Food Program. The donation will be used to provide fun and educational programming to children this summer. This is the 26th year of the Summer Food Program. In 2020, during the COVID 19 […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 6:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
Staff and submitted information LIMA — The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Van Wert County next week, according to District 1 of the Ohio Department of Transportation. All outlined work is weather permitting. U.S. 127 north of the city of Van Wert to Fife Road may have temporary traffic impacts for ditch […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 6:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners recently proclaimed Public Safety Telecommunicators Week as April 11-17. Those at the proclamation signing include (seated, from the left) Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office Dispatchers Janis Kesler, Jill Gemmer, and Mallory Mansfield; (standing) Commissioner Stan Owens, Dispatchers Calib Cunningham and Stephanie Harter, County 9-1-1 Coordinator Kim Brandt, Dispatcher […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 6:31 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert’s Marissa Mottinger (above) hurls a pitch during Friday’s softball game against Wapakoneta and Hope Blythe (below) awaits a pitch in the third inning. Unfortunately, the Lady Cougars were held to one hit and lost 10-0 in six innings. Van Wert (2-5, 1-2 WBL) is scheduled to host Antwerp on Monday. Scott Truxell/Van Wert […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 2:22 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Lincolnview and Van Wert posted baseball wins on Friday as did Van Wert’s tennis team, while Crestview’s softball team fell to Fairview. Below is a recap of the action. Baseball Lincolnview 12 Fort Jennings 0 (five innings) Lincolnview’s Collin Overholt and Jack Dunlap combined to hold Fort Jennings to just one […]
POSTED: 04/17/21 at 2:21 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Betty Jean Miller passed away peacefully at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, due to complications related to a stroke. She was born January 30, 1930, in Addison, Michigan, the daughter of Estella Jane Leonard Owens and Howard Mason Owens, who both preceded her in death. She lived most of her […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 12:34 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Staff and submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Thursday on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Variant spreadGovernor DeWine announced that more than 36 percent of Ohioans have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, however, Ohio’s statewide case incidence number […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 7:11 am. FILED UNDER: News