Ladora M. “Dorie” Bollenbacher, age 101, of Rockford, passed away the morning of September 9, 2022, at Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at Shane Hill, Rockford. She was born on March 12, 1921, in Van Wert County, to Daniel & Rosetta (Drury) Shivley. She married Luther P. “Casey” Bollenbacher October 25, 1947, who passed away September […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 7:49 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Friday September 09, 2022 2:34 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location in the City of Van Wert for an ill person. 6:22 a.m. – Deputies responded to a commercial alarm at a location in Jackson Township. 8:00 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area in Washington Township to investigate a complaint of reckless operation. 9:32 […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 8:17 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent staff/submitted information Ohio State University Extension and The Nature Conservancy are partnering for the second year in a row to provide a self-paced tour of farms around northwest Ohio, including Van Wert and Paulding counties, utilizing soil health-promoting practices. In addition to showcasing practices in Ohio, this year’s tour will also include tour […]
Submitted information The Venedocia Lions Club earmarked the money collected in the club’s donation jar in their sausage trailer at the 2022 Van Wert County Fair for the Lincolnview Band Boosters Instrument Fund. The band is still using school-purchased instruments, such as sousaphones, from 1968. The booster club is currently holding a fund-raising drive to […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Van Wert City Council will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Council Chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building at 515 E. Main St. The meeting is open to the public and will be streamed live starting promptly at 6:30 at https://chvid.com/go/dist/vod.cfm?org=vwcc. Prior to the regular meeting, […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 3:40 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor This week’s edition of the Monday Mailbag centers around Van Wert’s loss to Wapakoneta, the Western Buckeye League title race and this week’s Associated Press Ohio high school football poll. Q: How does the heartbreaking loss to Wapak motivate Van Wert for the upcoming match up with the St Marys Roughriders? Chaise […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 3:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports TIFFIN — All three Van Wert County schools made the trek to Seneca County for the Tiffin Cross County Carnival at Hedges Boyer Park, one of the biggest invitationals in the entire country. The Lincolnview girls finished ninth in Saturday’s Division II-A 5K race while Van Wert finished 13th. Crestview competed in […]
POSTED: 09/12/22 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information BOWLING GREEN — Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) issued the following statement on the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that took place in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania: “September 11, 2001 – a day that every American who was alive at that time will never forget. 2,977 lives were cut short, and […]
POSTED: 09/11/22 at 7:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
Marvin J. Grote, 86, of Willshire, passed away early Saturday morning, September 10, 2022, at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Indiana. He was born August 14, 1936, in Adams County, Indiana, to Alfred H. Grote and Ella (Selking) Grote, who both preceded him in death. Marvin entered the United States Army Reserves in 1959, serving […]
POSTED: 09/11/22 at 7:35 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Charles F. Kennedy III, a life-long resident of Van Wert and son of the late Edward Kennedy and LuVerne Kennedy, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. He was a 1966 graduate of Van Wert High School and was engaged in private law practice in Van Wert from 1979 to June 2009. Kennedy was the […]
POSTED: 09/11/22 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries