Submitted information The Crestview Junior-Senior Prom, sponsored by the Class of 2023, will be held from 8-11 p.m. Saturday, April 30 in the Ray Etzler Gymnasium. This year’s theme is “Dripping in Luxury.” The prom promenade will be held in the high school auditeria from 7:15-8 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.
POSTED: 04/18/22 at 3:40 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff and submitted information The latest figures through the Ohio Department of Transportation show traffic deaths in Ohio are down 16 percent, a positive trend after being up 9.5 percent in December of last year. According to Michelle May, ODOT’s highway safety program manager, 250 traffic deaths in Ohio were recorded through April […]
POSTED: 04/18/22 at 3:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent sports Baseball Lincolnview 7 Ottawa Hills 1 DEFIANCE — Lincolnview started fast and rolled to a 7-1 win over Ottawa Hills in the PBR Ohio Spring Classic at Defiance on Saturday. It was the fourth straight win for the Lancers (4-3). Four of Lincolnview’s runs came in the first and all without the […]
POSTED: 04/18/22 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Van Wert finished fourth at the competitive five-team Van Wert Tennis Invitational on Saturday. The Cougars tallied 21 team points, behind Shawnee (35), Ottawa-Glandorf (28) and St. Marys Memorial (25). Wauseon finished fifth with 10 points. Shawnee’s Gabe Burke finished as first singles champion, defeating Van Wert’s Jace Fast 6-2, 6-4 in […]
POSTED: 04/18/22 at 3:37 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports MINSTER — Crestview’s Jaret Harting finished second in the long jump, while Rontae Jackson placed third in the high jump at the Minster Memorial Invitational on Saturday. They were Crestview’s two highest placers and the Knights finished eighth out of 16 teams. Harting’s jump of 20-1 1/4 earned him a runner-up finish […]
POSTED: 04/18/22 at 3:36 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Funeral services for Emma Lee Scott, 94, who passed away January 24, 2022, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Brickner Funeral Home, Van Wert, with Rev. Lance Hostetler officiating. Following the service, burial take place in Woodland Cemetery.
POSTED: 04/17/22 at 6:30 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent sports OTTAWA — Another meet, another first place finish for the Van Wert boys’ track team, as the Cougars won the competitive nine team Ottawa-Glandorf Gold Medal Meet on Thursday. Van Wert finished with 99 team points, compared to 94 for runner-up Bluffton. The 4×400 meter relay team of Trey Laudick, Nate Phillilps, […]
POSTED: 04/15/22 at 9:15 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
The YMCA of Van Wert County has announced that Hickory Sticks Golf Club on US 127, Van Wert, is now open for the 2022 season, complete with new additions including three new golf simulators. The YMCA thanked around 50 volunteers, including members of the Van Wert High School wrestling team (pictured above), for their help […]
POSTED: 04/15/22 at 9:14 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
A decades old tradition – the Procession of the Cross – took place in downtown Van Wert on Good Friday. The procession began at the YWCA and continued along Main St. to Jefferson St., then the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church for a community-wide Ecumenical Good Friday Service. Scott Truxell/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 04/15/22 at 9:12 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Convoy village-wide garage sales are scheduled for May 13 and 14 throughout the community and surrounding area. Any household or business wishing to recycle, reclaim or reuse items, may participate in this community event. A listing of sales will be provided in a brochure that will be available in area businesses and on […]
POSTED: 04/15/22 at 9:11 pm. FILED UNDER: News