Van Wert Police Sunday, December 11 – received a report of telecommunications harassment in the 500 block of E. Main St. Sunday, December 11 – received report of disorderly conduct in the 300 block of N. Race St. Monday, December 12 – received a report of a domestic dispute in the 300 block of S. […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 11:07 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Friday December 16, 2022 12:56 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence in the city of Van Wert for a lift assist. 1:31 a.m. – Deputies while on a routine traffic stop on U.S. 127 in Liberty Township discovered that a subject had an active warrant issued out of Auglaize County for assault. Tyler Brady […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 9:23 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
The Van Wert County Land Reutilization Corporation (Land Bank) has been awarded a $224,400 Brownfield grant to be used toward the cleanup of the former Anthony Wayne School on N. Jefferson St. in Van Wert. The building has been vacant since the school closed in 2012 and has fallen into disrepair. Asbestos is present throughout […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in November, unchanged from October according to new data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 5,500 over the month, from a revised 5,504,400 in October 2022 to 5,509,900 in November. The number of […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
Convoy Fire & EMS was summoned to the scene of this rollover crash in the 2700 block of Convoy Road on Sunday. The call came in shortly after 1 p.m., after the car went off the roadway, hit a power pole and flipped over. The driver was able to get out of the car. Bob […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor HAVILAND — Van Wert and Wayne Trace have made it a habit to go down to the wire and Saturday’s game was no exception. The Cougars struggled for three quarters but came up big in the final period and rallied for a 58-55 win over the Raiders. It was the second loss […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert and Wayne Trace battled for four quarters in boys non-conference basketball action on Saturday and the Cougars used a 23-14 fourth quarter scoring advantage to claim a 58-55 victory over the Raiders (see story above). Pictures by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Boys basketball Lincolnview 62 Fort Jennings 50 FORT JENNINGS — Austin Bockrath scored a season high 15 points and the Lancers earned their first win of the season, 62-50 over the Musketeers on Saturday. Reide Jackson and Kohen Cox each scored 13 for Lincolnview, and Cox finished with eight rebounds. Cal Evans […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for 99.7 WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. All games will air live. WKSD Monday, December 19 – Wayne Trace at Lincolnview (girls)Tuesday, December 20 – Fort Jennings at Antwerp (boys)Friday, December 23 – Crestview at Delphos St. John’s (boys) WERT Tuesday, December 20 – […]
POSTED: 12/19/22 at 4:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Robert E. Tuttle, 81, of Convoy, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at Hillside Country Living, Bryan. He was born on December 8, 1941, in Lafayette, Ohio the son of the late John Delbert “Bud” Tuttle and Mary Josephine (Yant) Tuttle. He married Patricia Ann (McPherson) Tuttle, May 13, 1962, and she preceded Robert in […]
POSTED: 12/18/22 at 9:02 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries