SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Week No. 4 of the high school football season means the Northwest Conference and Green Meadows Conference will join the Western Buckeye League and the Midwest Athletic Conference in playing conference games. A couple of key games will take place in the NWC and the WBL, and they’re included in our […]
POSTED: 09/09/21 at 3:58 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It’s been months in the planning, and, while there may not be much to see on the outside right off, work will officially start soon on three groups of downtown buildings as part of the Van Wert Forward development project. After safety fencing and other safety items are put in place, three […]
POSTED: 09/09/21 at 12:53 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information In an effort to try to get the Trinity and North Union congregations to feel more united after all the COVID separation, to spark some new expressions of their faith, and maybe even start a new tradition, it was decided to use the fifth Sunday in August to put their […]
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 11:31 pm. FILED UNDER: Church
Do you have your photos ready? Do you have any questions about submitting your work? Have you always wanted to enter your photographs in a show and have been too nervous to do so? Give us a call! Our 44th annual Photography Exhibit is ramping up and we need your photographs! This call for entry […]
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 11:13 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Six people were arraigned this past week on grand jury indictments during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Two people were arraigned on third degree felony charges of marijuana trafficking and marijuana possession. James Campbell, 42, and Jim Williams, 62, both of Van Wert, pleaded not guilty to both […]
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 11:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Shown are scenes from the 2021 Junior Fair Livestock Auction held Tuesday. photos by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 12:32 am. FILED UNDER: News
Above are various champion and reserve champion animals and their buyers from the 2021 Junior Fair Livestock Auction on Tuesday. photos by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 12:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information Pollinator species are experiencing population declines across the US. In particular, the monarch butterfly has drastically declined here in Ohio and in its wintering grounds of Mexico. In response to this decline the Ohio Division of Wildife and other partners have created the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) to educate […]
POSTED: 09/08/21 at 12:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Independent staff and submitted information BOWLING GREEN — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-5th District) will host an informational meeting regarding the United States Military Service Academy nomination and appointment process for the 2022 academic year. The informational meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, September 13, at the following location: Owens Community College, Findlay-area CampusEducation […]
POSTED: 09/07/21 at 11:31 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Freedom Cruise members donated nearly 800 snack items to local first responders in honor of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11. In appreciation for those who ran into the twin towers as others ran out ,The Freedom Cruisers used private donations from members and from the 50/50 drawing this Saturday Evening at the Cruise […]
POSTED: 09/07/21 at 11:20 pm. FILED UNDER: News