The Van Wert County General Health District held a vaccine clinic at the County Council on Aging’s Fox Road Senior Center on Friday. COVID-19 inoculations were provided for county seniors age 75 and older. The County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) provided traffic control for the event. Here, a senior is given an inoculation by […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 11:40 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio K-12 schools, including public, private, and career-tech entities, learned on Friday when their teachers and staff necessary for in-person learning are able to begin receiving vaccines. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has made clear his goal of Ohio returning to in-person learning either full-time or in a hybrid model by March 1st. […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 11:39 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — State Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) announced he was given the following committee assignments for the 134th General Assembly: Speaker of the House Bob Cupp (R-Lima) made the committee appointments Friday for the 134th General Assembly of the Ohio House of Representatives. Ways and Means (vice chairman) Economic and Workforce Development […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 11:37 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports Here are final scores of area boys’ high school basketball games played on Friday, January 29. WBL Bath 50 Wapakoneta 35Defiance 74 Celina 43Shawnee 58 Ottawa-Glandorf 52St. Marys Memorial 72 Elida 38Van Wert 67 Kenton 58 NWC Columbus Grove 83 Bluffton 60Lincolnview 71 Delphos Jefferson 48Spencerville 78 Allen East 63Ada vs. […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 9:50 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Note: Van Wert will host Kenton in a Western Buckeye League matchup tonight, so this week’s Friday Flashback takes us back to January of 2015, when the Cougars pulled out a narrow win over the visiting Wildcats. Below is the story that appeared on the VW independent Sports page. DAVE MOSIER/independent sports It wasn’t a […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 4:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview 55 Lima Central Catholic 50 CONVOY — Crestview celebrated Senior Night with a 55-50 home win over Lima Central Catholic on Thursday. Seven seniors were honored before the game – Bailey Gregory, Kylie Etzler, Olivia Cunningham, Raegan Hammons, Breena Grace, Adalynn Longstreth and Mandy Macki. Cunningham and Cali Gregory each scored four points in […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 4:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview senior Adalynn Longstreth, signs on to run cross country at the University of St. Francis. While attending USF, the four-year letter winner will pursue a degree in pre-veterinary and will then transfer for her doctorate in veterinary medicine. Joining Adalynn are parents Matthew and Amy, high school coaches Randy Grandstaff and Jeff Bagley, and […]
POSTED: 01/29/21 at 4:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent/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. K-12 staff vaccinationsEvery public school district in the state — except for one — has agreed to resume in-person schooling by March 1 which was a requirement for staff […]
POSTED: 01/28/21 at 10:49 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert City Planning Commission will be meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 18, in City Council Chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building to discuss a preliminary plat for the Washington Place subdivision.
POSTED: 01/28/21 at 10:31 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an additional death of a resident of Van Wert County who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths for county residents to 48. The Van Wert County General Health District staff expressed its deepest sympathies for the family […]
POSTED: 01/28/21 at 6:10 pm. FILED UNDER: News