VW independent sports Van Wert 181 Wapakoneta 186 WAPAKONETA — The Cougars made the return trip to finish four holes of last week’s rained out match with the Wapakoneta at Wapakoneta Country Club on Wednesday. Conditions were much more conducive to golf and the Cougars edged the Redskins by five strokes, 181-186, to remain defeated […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor 12 people were arraigned and one person was sentenced during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. Derrick Blake, 33, of Willshire, pleaded not guilty to one count of grand theft of a firearm or dangerous drdinance, a third degree felony; two counts of receiving stolen […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Leadership is not a character trait. It is a skill, a discipline that requires conviction, creative focus and vision. 12 individuals from area businesses successfully graduated from the 2022 Leadership Van Wert County program. The classes are facilitated by the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Northwest State Community College. The […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Guidance counselors from Van Wert County and Wayne Trace are sponsoring a College Night to be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 5, at the Lincolnview Community Center. This is a cooperative project of the guidance counselors from Crestview, Lincolnview, Vantage Career Center, Van Wert City Schools and Wayne Trace. It’s […]
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Shown are pictures taken Tuesday’s Van Wert County Fair Jr. Fair Livestock Auction. Photos by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/08/22 at 3:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Oral Eugene Rickard aka Rick and/or Gene, 80, arrived in Heaven Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Welcoming him in Heaven are his parents, Oral Eugene and Golide Marie Grimm Rickard and his sisters Betty June Straw and Jo Ann Clark. Those still stuck here on Earth awaiting paradise are his sister Donna Lee Straw (95), his […]
POSTED: 09/07/22 at 3:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Tuesday September 06, 2022 1:40 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence in the Village of Middle Point for a subject having difficulty breathing. 8:40 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a location in the City of Delphos for a subject who fainted. 10:09 a.m. – Deputies responded to a commercial alarm in Ridge Township. […]
POSTED: 09/07/22 at 8:20 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent staff/submitted information Flag City Honor Flight, the Findlay-based hub of the National Honor Flight Network, will bring 83 area Veterans and their Guardians to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, September 13, to visit the war memorials built in their honor. It is Flag City Honor Flight’s second flight of the 2022 flight season. Flag […]
POSTED: 09/07/22 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports four people died statewide in traffic crashes during the Labor Day holiday weekend, Friday September 2, through Monday, September 5. The number is far below last year’s total of 17. One of the fatal crashes occurred along Interstate 75 in Allen County. One person […]
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Crestview’s Evan Scarlett was presented with the first Tyler Priest Jr. Fair Memorial Scholarship for outstanding membership to the Van Wert County Jr. Fair. The announcement was made during Tuesday’s Jr. livestock sale. The scholarship is in honor of Tyler Priest, who passed away in April and was a staunch supporter of 4H and had […]
POSTED: 09/07/22 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: News