Independent staff and submitted information Seth Baker, CEO of The Van Wert County Foundation, is pleased to announce designated grant funds to local school districts from the Richard L. and Nadie O. Klein Memorial Trust. Richard Klein and his wife, Nadie, lived in the Ohio City area and were engaged in farming. The Kleins were […]
POSTED: 07/28/21 at 12:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information Habitat For Humanity of Van Wert County announced that it is planning to construct a home for a partner family this year. The Van Wert County Foundation awarded Habitat a grant to cover the cost of building the foundation for the new home, while the United Way of Van Wert […]
POSTED: 07/28/21 at 12:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information CELINA — On Saturday, August 7, the Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will present a concert in the Harley C. Jones Memorial Rotary Amphitheater in Celina. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Music performed during the concert will include patriotic selections intended […]
POSTED: 07/28/21 at 12:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert First Presbyterian Church’s Missions Committee, along with private donors, presented a check for $1,510 to Van Wert’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Shown are County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy (left) and Steve Ragan, Missions Committee representative. photo provided
POSTED: 07/28/21 at 12:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information Registration for new students (K-12) in the Van Wert City School District is currently open for the 2021-2022 school year. Only new students to the district need to register. Students may be registered at the school building they will attend: Kindergarten, Van Wert Early Childhood Center (419.238.0348); Grades 1-5, Van […]
POSTED: 07/28/21 at 12:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information MIDDLE POINT — Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced that a search warrant was executed Tuesday at a residence in the Village of Middle Point. Sheriff Riggenbach said the the area is now open again for through traffic. No additional information was released by the sheriff, although the property […]
POSTED: 07/27/21 at 11:53 am. FILED UNDER: News
Barbara Ann (McPherson) Steptoe, 89, of Ohio City, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 21, 2021, at Homestead at Towne Center in Van Wert. She was born February 3, 1932, in Huntsville, the daughter of George Aaron and Katharine Beatrice (Spitler) McPherson, who both preceded her in death. In August 1986, she married William L. Steptoe, […]
POSTED: 07/27/21 at 11:49 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Terrance Lee “Terry” Biberstine, 68, of rural Convoy, passed away at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born July 10, 1953, in Bluffton, Indiana, the son of Nellie (Foust) Biberstine, who survives in Forest, and Morris Laverne Biberstine, who preceded him in death. Other survivors […]
POSTED: 07/27/21 at 11:38 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert City Council spent about a half-hour working out details for a planned Community Clean-up Day in September at its final meeting of July, although the upcoming event will be more like a clean-up month. While city officials, working with Young’s Trash Service, originally looked at setting a date of September […]
POSTED: 07/27/21 at 7:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
The former El Mexicano restaurant held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its rebranding as Cilantros Grill and Cantina on Monday at its new location, 716 W. Ervin Road. The restaurant’s owner, Alfredo Mendoza, said he has spent nearly two years working on the new restaurant, and it shows. The restaurant is spacious and attractive and features the […]
POSTED: 07/27/21 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: News