Submitted information In early 2020, plans were being made to hold a spring event that would bring dog lovers together during a busy Easter holiday weekend but like most things in 2020, plans were canceled. Now, two years later, local dog-lover and Van Wert County Humane Society Board member Kirsten Barnhart is hoping to hold […]
POSTED: 03/18/22 at 3:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Delphos Police Department seized drugs, drug paraphernalia and cash and arrested a Bluffton, Indiana man Sunday night. A routine traffic stop near West Fifth Avenue and North State Street led to the discovery of meth, fentanyl, psychedelic mushrooms, THC, 56 grams of crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia and approximately $7,000 cash. The driver of the […]
POSTED: 03/18/22 at 3:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Van Wert High School Theatre Department is preparing for three performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway version), April 7-9 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. Show time will be 7 p.m. each night. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella includes music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and is based […]
POSTED: 03/18/22 at 3:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
Brian L. Pancake, 60, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Van Wert Health. He was born on November 27, 1961, in Van Wert to Herbert F. and Donna L. (Buerkley) Pancake, who both preceded him in death. He married the love of his life, Marcia Marie Miller May […]
POSTED: 03/17/22 at 9:39 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor More discussion is expected soon on a possible addition/renovation project at Lincolnview Elementary School. Member of the Lincolnview Board of Education and administration toured special education and school library facilities at Elida and New Bremen on Monday and during Wednesday night’s school board meeting, Superintendent Jeff Snyder said it’s time to discuss […]
POSTED: 03/17/22 at 3:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent news COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds is making it easier than ever to find unclaimed and in many cases, unknown cash, property and more. The Division of Unclaimed Funds guards more than $3 billion in unclaimed money and property belonging to Ohioans. Recently, the division introduced an online […]
POSTED: 03/17/22 at 3:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information PAULDING — Tickets are still available for the John Paulding Historical Society wine tasting luau on Saturday, March 26. Doors will open for the Hawaiian-themed event at 6 p.m. and the fun will get underway at 7 p.m. with delicious wines and cheeses, door prizes, silent and Chinese auctions, a 50/50 drawing and […]
POSTED: 03/17/22 at 3:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
The YMCA of Van Wert County recently hosted its seventh annual girls MOMO tournament, with grade divisions 4-6 competing for a chance to become 2022 champions. The tournament, sponsored by Treece Landscaping, is called the MOMO tournament because Olivia and Owen Treece used to call their grandmother MOMO. All grandparents are admitted free of charge […]
POSTED: 03/17/22 at 3:36 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Yvonne L. Snyder, 95, of Dublin, passed away at 5:08 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at Dublin Methodist Hospital. She was born on December 31, 1926, in Van Wert, the daughter of Walter Lee and Vera B. (Walters) Leatherman, who both preceded her in death. On December 25, 1947, she married Ralph Benjamin Snyder December […]
POSTED: 03/16/22 at 4:21 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Jeffrey Lee Hall, 61, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2022, at his home in Van Wert. He was born on August 4, 1960, in Van Wert the son of Charles William Hall, who preceded him in death, and Lillian L. (Pate) Hall who survives in Van Wert. Other family survivors include his children, Amanda […]
POSTED: 03/16/22 at 4:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries