The YMCA of Van Wert County is teaming up with the Van Wert Humane Society throughout the month of November to help raise funds and awareness for the Humane Society’s new building project on Fox Road. Anyone starting a membership with the YMCA during the month of November will have his or her joining fee […]
POSTED: 11/15/21 at 4:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Light snow fell around Van Wert on Sunday morning, the first real snow of the fall. It didn’t stick around though and was gone by early afternoon. Scott Truxell/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 11/15/21 at 4:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information A safety consultant with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation was the featured speaker at last week’s meeting of the Ohio West Safety Council, presented by the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce. Greg Harmon provides safety training, facility inspections, claim review and compliance assistance and his presentation to the Chamber of […]
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VW independent/submitted information Van Wert High School Theatre Department is inviting the community to the fall play, Murder at Rundown Abbey by Craig Sodaro, to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, and Thursday, November 18, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. It’s the first live show back on the stage since November of […]
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Richard C. Mottinger, 87, of Ohio City, passed away at 7:20 a.m. Sunday, November 14, 2021, at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance. He was born on July 31, 1934, in Liberty Township the son Jesse Clark and Margaret Lucille (Hart) Mottinger, who both preceded him in death. He married the former Betty Jean Anderson on […]
POSTED: 11/14/21 at 10:00 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor COLUMBUS — Donnell Stadium in Findlay has been announced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association as the site of the Division IV Region 14 championship between Van Wert and Port Clinton. The game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday. Both teams are 12-1 and the Cougars are the No. 3 […]
POSTED: 11/14/21 at 3:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Virginia Louise Stevens, 96, of Olathe, Kansas, died at 11:35 p.m Sunday, November 7, 2021, at Evergreen Community of Johnson County. She was born April 7, 1925 in Van Wert County to James Alvin Winters and Goldie (Waldron) Winters, who both preceded her in death. On March 21, 1945 she married James Ellsworth Stevens, who […]
POSTED: 11/14/21 at 10:14 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Beverly A. Zimmerman, 78, died Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Park Place Senior Living in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on Jan. 27, 1943, in Van Wert, to Carl F. and Dorothy L. (Webb) Mohr. Beverly worked for 32 years as a controller at Group Dekko, before retiring in January 2003. Beverly grew up […]
POSTED: 11/13/21 at 6:26 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert’s Connor Pratt (3) meets with Clyde’s captains for the coin toss ahead of Friday night’s Division IV Region 14 semifinal game at Napoleon. The Fliers won the coin toss but the Cougars won the game 48-14, putting them in next Friday’s regional championship game against Port Clinton. A full game story can be […]
POSTED: 11/13/21 at 2:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
As of Friday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an increase of 151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, November 4, for a total of 3,912 confirmed cases. There are 10 known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19. To date, the health department has given 12,836 COVID-19 vaccinations. The Van Wert County […]
POSTED: 11/13/21 at 2:05 am. FILED UNDER: News