VW independent sports NAPOLEON — Van Wert’s boys’ swim team finished fifth and the girls’ team eighth at the Western Buckeye League Championships, held at Napoleon High School on Saturday. Wapakoneta won the boys’ championship, while Ottawa-Glandorf took home the girls’ title. Shawnee took runner-up for the boys and girls events. Girls results (all distances […]
POSTED: 01/30/23 at 4:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Lincolnview’s Austin Bockrath scored 14 points and Kreston Tow added 10, but the Lancers fell to Delphos St. John’s 60-42 on Saturday. The Blue Jays (11-4) led 15-13 after one quarter, 30-18 at halftime and 53-29 after three quarters. Nolan Schwinnen led Delphos St. John’s with 13 points. Cameron Elwer had eight […]
POSTED: 01/30/23 at 4:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Van Wert High School’s bowling teams traveled to 20th Century Lanes in Lima to take on Shawnee on Saturday and the Cougar girls took off hot, rolling a 868 team game, opening a large lead before holding on for a 2298-2258 win. Ryleigh Hanicq led the way with a high game of […]
POSTED: 01/30/23 at 4:38 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports LIMA — Crestview finished 31st and Lincolnview 36th at the 42-team Thunderbird Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at Lima Central Catholic. The Knights finished with 37 team points, while the Lancers had 26 points. Wayne Trace also participated and finished 23rd with 52 points, while Delphos St. John’s finished 27th with 44 […]
POSTED: 01/30/23 at 4:37 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. Games are subject to change. WKSD Tuesday, January 31 – Ottoville at Paulding (girls)Thursday, February 2 – Antwerp at Hicksville (girls)Friday, February 3 – Hicksville at Antwerp (boys)Saturday, February 4 – Crestview […]
POSTED: 01/30/23 at 4:37 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Barbara E. Bates, 82, of Van Wert, passed away Friday morning, January 27, 2023, at Divine Nursing Home in Rockford. She was born on November 15, 1940, in Van Wert, the daughter of Carl M. and Mary L. (Bebout) Sheets, who both preceded her in death. She married Thomas Eugene Bates March 7, 1959, and […]
POSTED: 01/28/23 at 8:08 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Karen Maxine Keipper, 77, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Memorial Georgia Hospital, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She was born December 5, 1945, in Van Wert to Walter and Ruth (Frey) Mohr. She married Donald Keipper February 10, 1968, and he preceded her in death on July 21, 2003. She is survived by two daughters, […]
POSTED: 01/28/23 at 7:53 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent staff/submitted information It may be cold and snowy outside, but YMCA Camp Clay staff members are already starting to prepare for summer. Camp Clay Director Amy Grime recently attended the Mid-America Camping Conference along with new Day Camp Coordinator Brittney Boaz. They are working hard to learn new programs and activities for day […]
POSTED: 01/27/23 at 11:23 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has announced the arrest of a local man on felony charges. According to Riggenbach, deputies arrested Jamal N. Pirani, 41, of Van Wert, for making terroristic threats, a felony of the third degree. The arrest was the result of an investigation by deputies involving threatening […]
POSTED: 01/27/23 at 11:22 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Unclaimed Funds reunites Ohioans with their hard-earned but forgotten money and last year, the average claim was $4,000. “You can look up an unclaimed fund for anyone and we encourage you to do that,” Susie Wagner, Outreach Administrator for the Division of […]
POSTED: 01/27/23 at 11:22 pm. FILED UNDER: News