VW independent staff/submitted information Anyone age 55 and over is invited to enjoy free admission to the film “Fried Green Tomatoes” at 1 p.m. Thursday, September 29, at Van Wert Cinemas. This 1991 drama is the tale of an unhappy housewife who befriends an elderly woman at a nursing home and is enthralled in the […]
POSTED: 09/09/22 at 3:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Career Connections of Van Wert County provides economic education, financial skills, and career readiness to the students in Van Wert County schools in grades 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 and one economics class at Van Wert High School. Recently, Danfoss Corporation made a donation to the Career Connections organization and these crucial funds will […]
POSTED: 09/09/22 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — In accordance with the orders issued by the President of the United States of America and in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds […]
POSTED: 09/09/22 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The next Western Buckeye ESC Governing Board meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 21, in the conference room at 900 Fairground Drive in Paulding.
POSTED: 09/09/22 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent sports Volleyball Wapakoneta 3 Van Wert 0 Wapakoneta defeated Van Wert in straight sets, 25-15, 25-19, 25-11 on Thursday. Finley Foster was 60-62 setting with 12 assists, Sayler Wise had eight digs, Jordanne Blythe had four kills and Blythe, Kailee Blythe and Olivia Treece each had four kills. Van Wert (0-6, 0-3 WBL) […]
POSTED: 09/09/22 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff An arrest was made Thursday morning, after the Van Wert Police Department received a rather unusual call that a man allegedly drove his car along the taxiway at the Van Wert County Regional Airport. A witness told officers the man behind the wheel, Jared V. Collins, 45, of Van Wert was driving […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 2:14 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Fire departments from Middle Point, Van Wert, Grover Hill and Delphos, the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department and Van Wert County CERT were dispatched to the Bear’s Den in the 18000 block of Lincoln Highway shortly before 9:30 Wednesday night, after a caller noticed flames and heavy smoke coming from a second floor window. According […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 10:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
Wednesday September 07, 2022 5:36 a.m. – Dispatched Wren EMS to a residence in Willshire Township for a subject that fell. 6:50 a.m. – Deputies responded to area in Ridge Township to check for an injured deer in the roadway. 9:14 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location in Ridge Township for a […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 9:58 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Van Wert Police Note: in addition to the reports listed below, the Van Wert Police Department investigated nine junk complaints and three parking violations. Monday, August 29 – received a report from a resident in the 100 block of E. First St. about an adult contributing to the unruliness of her daughter. Monday, August 29 […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 6:03 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Week No. 4 of the high school football season brings with it conference and league play for all teams around the area except for Lima Central Catholic, an independent. The Northwest Conference and Green Meadows Conference are joining the Western Buckeye League and Midwest Athletic Conference in playing in-conference games through Week […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports