Tuesday September 13, 2022 4:21 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. Route 30 in Ridge Township to check for debris in the roadway. 4:23 a.m. – Deputies made an assist with a citizen from Jackson Township to the City of Van Wert. 8:30 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence in the City […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Call it what you want – night and day, old school vs. modern or any other clinche – it will apply Friday night at Eggerss Stadium when No. 11 Van Wert (3-1, 2-1 WBL) hosts St. Marys Memorial (3-1, 2-1 WBL) in a must-win Western Buckeye League game for both teams. Both […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor DELPHOS — Someone is going to leave Stadium Park with their first Northwest Conference win of the season on Friday, as Delphos Jefferson (1-3, 0-1 NWC) entertains No. 15 Crestview (3-1, 1-0). The two teams have some similarities. Both teams are coming off loses, Crestview 29-12 to Allen East and Delphos Jefferson […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Volleyball Crestview 3 Leipsic 1 CONVOY — The opening night of NWC play was successful for Crestview, as the Knights enjoyed a 21-25, 29-27, 25-14, 25-18 win over No. 5 Leipsic on Tuesday. Adelyn Figley had 15 kills, followed by Myia Etzler (14) and Cali Gregory (13). Gregory had 37 assists and […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Note: the following information is a courtesy of the OPSWA. Here is the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association High School Football Notebook for Week 4: A pair of Ohio Mr. Football winners, Mitch Trubisky and Joe Burrow, squared off Sunday in Cincinnati when the Bengals hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers. Trubisky, who won Ohio’s […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor During Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City Council, Mindy Eales, Workforce Development Supervisor with Ohio Means Jobs Van Wert County outlined the assistance that’s available to county residents. “We can help with resume building, we have workshops that deal with problem solving, time management and interviewing if you haven’t had an […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — Monday’s meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education can be termed as informative. The majority of the meeting was a 40 minute presentation by Lillie Rosebrock, Kaylee Rickard and Molly Spieles on school safety, and social, emtional and mental health of students. School Resource Officer John Gabriel also […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The new and updated COVID-19 immunizations will be available to the general public beginning with the COVID-19 clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, at the Van Wert County Health Department, 1179 Westwood Drive, Suite 300 in Van Wert. The updated vaccine is bivalent which includes the […]
POSTED: 09/14/22 at 3:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Learn-Earn-Return When one is enlightened with a vision, the next step is to identify the tools to make it happen. Scott M. Niswonger founded The Niswonger Foundation with the philosophy of “Learn-Earn-Return” using the tools of education to create opportunities for individual and community growth. This philosophy is at the heart of the Niswonger Performing […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment
The Van Wert Fire Department was dispatched to Uptown Laundry shortly after 12 p.m. today, after smoke started coming from the facility. After a short investigation it was found to be smoke generated by a slipping belt on one of the machines. There were no injuries and no damage was reported. Firefighters and Van Wert […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 1:06 pm. FILED UNDER: News