Van Wert’s boys’ cross country team was all smiles after winning the Wayne Trace Invitational on Tuesday, while the girls’ team finished third. Both teams will return to action at the Columbus Grove Invitational on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Gage Chiles
POSTED: 08/31/22 at 3:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
A Cheer for Volunteers… There are many factors that make live entertainment in Van Wert a reality. Most of them playing a part in the arts economy by an exchange of goods and services. The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation has a team of seven paid professionals guided by an executive director appointed and […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 6:21 pm. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment
Jacqueline DeBolt, a long-time resident of Van Wert, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harve DeBolt. Other family members who preceded her in death were her parents, Harvey Simpson and Shirley Victoria Robinson Simpson; sisters, Nadine Robinson Blackburn (James), Margaret Pauline Simpson Lynch (Oscar), and […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 5:58 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Myra L. Friesner, 98, of Van Wert, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at her residence. She was born on July 17, 1924, in Van Wert County to John Isaac Hunsaker and Vertie Mae (Adam) Hunsaker, who both preceded her in death. She married Luther Jr. Friesner March 24, 1946, and he passed away […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 11:06 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Roxie L. Brown, 86, of Van Wert, passed away at 9:04 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 202,2 at Hearth & Home of Van Wert. She was born November 7, 1935, in Ohio City, to Oswald F. and C. Blanche (Woods) Brown, who both preceded her in death. She married the love of her life, Leslie Brown, […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 10:57 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Diane Howard, 76, of Angola, Indiana, passed away at 10:40 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2022, in Fort Wayne. She was born May 31, 1946 in Van Wert to Daniel and Anne Marie {Hipp} Berryman, who both preceded her in death. She married William Howard in October of 1977 and he passed away January 21, 2021. […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 8:29 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Monday August 29, 2022 5:49 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence in the Village of Convoy to investigate a silent 911 call. 7:08 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a location in Ridge Township for a subject with high blood pressure. 10:55 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence in Hoaglin Township to conduct a welfare […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 8:12 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Van Wert Police Monday, August 22 – received a report of theft from Wal-Mart. The incident is under investigation. Monday, August 22 – received a report of a burglary at a residence in the 900 block of George St. As a result of the investigation, Colby Black, 38, was arrested for burglary, a fourth degree […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 5:54 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
The traffic pattern at the intersection of East Main St. and North Washington St. will have a different look until December. The westbound lane of East Main will be two-lane only with no turn lane access, while northbound North Washington will have an identical layout as crews do storm sewer and curb work as part […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 3:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced that applications for the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships and Legacy Awards are now available to any high school senior. Applications for the Elks National Foundation’s 2023 Most Valuable Student contest are available online at enf.elks.org/mvs […]
POSTED: 08/30/22 at 3:44 am. FILED UNDER: News