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
Staff and submitted information CONVOY — The Convoy Opera House/City Hall/Firehouse property at 111 S. Main St. in downtown Convoy was given approval September 18, 2020, by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board as qualified for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places of the National Park Service, United States Department of the […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 7:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Optimist Club of Van Wert held its annual oratorical contest on March 14 online via Zoom. The topic that local students were challenged to address was “Healing the World with Optimism.” Winners included Austin Yinger, a fifth-grade student at Crestview Elementary, who earned first place, while Derek Yinger, an eighth grader at Crestview Middle […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Staff and submitted information The Van Wert Soil & Water Conservation District encourages local residents to think about their personal responsibility to be a good steward of natural resources during its annual Stewardship Week celebration. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) has proclaimed April 25-May 2 as Stewardship Week, marking the 66th year for the […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 6:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
We created our online auction fundraiser to last until April 30, so everyone has a chance to bid and not be rushed. We just received a new item, too: a personalized story for children! You can also win a three-day stay at your choice of beautiful tree houses at Dwellbox, located near forested, New Philadelphia. […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 6:55 am. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Note: The latest installment of the Friday Flashback takes us back 10 years to April, 2011, when Van Wert swept a track meet against Defiance and Paulding. Below is the story as it appeared on the VW independent Sports page. Van Wert independent sports The Cougar track team swept Defiance and Paulding in a boys’ tri-meet […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 4:07 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Crestview and Lincolnview enjoyed baseball and softball sweeps on Thursday, with the Knights defeating Bluffton and the Lancers topping Spencerville. Softball Crestview 13 Bluffton 6 CONVOY — Bailey Gregory hit two home runs, doubled, knocked in four runs and scored three runs to help Crestview to a 13-6 Northwest Conference softball […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 4:06 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports FORT RECOVERY — The Crestview boys finished third out of five teams and the girls finished fifth during Thursday’s five-team meet at Fort Recovery. The Knights finished with 76 team points, behind Parkway (93) and Coldwater (83). Jordan Updegrove took first in two events, while Jaret Harting and the 4×800 relay […]
POSTED: 04/16/21 at 4:06 am. FILED UNDER: Sports