SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Two more wins will lead Van Wert to at least a share of the 2021 Western Buckeye League football championship, the program’s first since 1987. The Cougars will hit the road to Elida (4-4, 3-4 WBL) on Friday then will return home next Friday to finish the regular season against Bath. After […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — After a shutout loss to three-time defending NWC champion Columbus Grove in Week No. 7 and last Friday’s heartbreaking 29-28 loss to Spencerville, the Crestview Knights have firmly set their sights on the final two games of the regular season. Ada (1-7, 0-5 NWC) will come to down for homecoming […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports LIMA — The Lady Cougars put up a fight but Bath defeated Van Wert 26-24, 25-21, 19-25, 26-24 in the regular season finale on Tuesday. Carlee Young had 36 assists and Maria Bagley finished with 35 assists and 10 kills, while Finley Foster tallied 28 assists. Kayla Krites had eight kills […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Ahead of the biggest Northwest Conference volleyball match of the season, two rivals came together in support of 2001 Crestview High School graduate and current Lincolnview boys golf and boys basketball coach Brett Hammons. Leading up to Tuesday night’s NWC volleyball championship match, the Crestview and Lincolnview school communities banded together for […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent news PAULDING — A rural Oakwood man has been chosen as the newest Paulding County Commissioner. Mike Weible has been chosen by the county’s Republican Central Committee to replace Clint Vance, who passed away September 20 at his home near Cecil. Weible was picked from a field of 11 applicants and is […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent staff and submitted information LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is in need of extra snowplow drivers for the upcoming winter season. ODOT District 1, which serves Van Wert, Paulding, Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam, and Wyandot counties, will hold two hiring events to find approximately 37 seasonal snowplow drivers. […]
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Historical Society will host “More Cemetery History” by Carey Mathew at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 17, at the museum annex. The history of cemeteries within Van Wert County will include additional information from last year’s program. The community is invited to attend and there is no admission charge. Photo submitted
POSTED: 10/13/21 at 3:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
John T. Howard, Sr., 79, of Van Wert died at 5:35 a.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on April 27, 1942, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, to George and Helen Marie (Enis) Howard, who both preceded him in death. He was married the former Iona Lee Headly who […]
POSTED: 10/12/21 at 1:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
The 44th annual Photography Exhibit opened last Thursday. You have until November 7 to take in this excellent collection of photos dealing with beauty in all things and contemporary issues. Most works are for sale. Awards were give to the following: Charles Wassenberg Best of Show Black & White: Adam SchmersalCharles Wassenberg Best of Show […]
POSTED: 10/12/21 at 12:26 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Ready to Laugh? Why Comedy? Ten months ago, Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation, presenting Van Wert Live events, was deliberating programming for the unknown that the Fall of 2021 may bring. What we did know was that our audience would be ready for laughter. Immune-building laughter seemed the perfect gift of healing that the […]
POSTED: 10/12/21 at 10:45 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment