Submitted information The PLC Health Clinic will hold its 22nd annual Walk for Life on Sunday, September 18, at Franklin Park in Van Wert. Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the two-mile walk around the park starting at 2 p.m. This year the clinic needs to raise $50,000 to continue its free services, including pregnancy testing, limited obstetric […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 8:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
Monday September 12, 2022 6:08 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area in Union Township on a complaint of a subject walking in the roadway. 7:57 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence in Pleasant Township for a subject who was feeling light headed. 8:32 a.m. – Deputies responded to the Venedocia Cemetery in York Township […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Van Wert Police Sunday, September 4 – arrested Daniel S. Craig for domestic violence, a third degree felony, after the police department received a 911 hang up call in the area of Greenwald St. and S. Tyler St. Sunday, September 4 – arrested Eric M. Seekings for menacing by stalking, a fourth degree felony. The […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor A pair of Van Wert City Council members voiced objections to an expenditure of approximately $583,000 connected to downtown sewer and road work. During Monday night’s meeting, Fourth Ward Councilman Andrew Davis and Second Ward Councilman David Stinnett were unhappy after Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming requested a supplemental appropriation for the money. […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County is planning to “Black Out Domestic Violence” in a special fitness event and fundraiser to be held during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Glow POUND will take place at the Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197 at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 6. The event is by donation and anyone […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information West Ohio Food Bank, a United Way of Van Wert County agency, will distribute shelf stable food and produce at Trinity Friends Church from 9-11 a.m. or until food is gone on Saturday, October 1. This mobile food drive will be a drive-thru only event. The mobile food pantry will set up at […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor This week’s edition of Random Thoughts centers around polls, night games, Nebraska, big money quarterbacks and Terry Francona. Polls To show you how goofy high school football polls can be sometimes – No. 2 Van Wert loses by one point to Division III No. 15 Wapakoneta and drops nine spots to No. […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Volleyball Parkway 3 Crestview 1 CONVOY — In front of a big crowd at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Monday with Division III No. 4 Parkway defeating Crestview 25-18, 25-18, 19-25, 25-22. Adelyn Figley was 20-20 at the service line with a pair of aces, while Myia Etzler led the Knights with 16 […]
POSTED: 09/13/22 at 3:44 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Brian Laing, age 63, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022. He was the third son of Robert Bruce Laing and Mary Edith Lindsay Laing. He was preceded in death by both parents and his oldest brother, Robert Scott Laing who passed away on May 10, 2022. Kevin Michael Laing of Van Wert survives. His paternal […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 8:10 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Dana Alan Pollock, 67, of Van Wert, passed away at 12:13 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2022, at Van Wert Health ER. He was born on October 2, 1954, in Van Wert, to the late Lee Wayne and Anna Louise (Shaffer) Pollock. On October 2, 1985, he married the love of his life, Ronda Rhodes. Dana […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 7:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries