SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Van Wert City Schools Superintendent Mark Bagley will continue at the helm for the next five years. During Wednesday’s monthly Board of Education meeting, board members unanimously approved a new five year contract, from August 1 of this year through July 31, 2028. Bagley, who previously served as Van Wert Middle School […]
POSTED: 02/23/23 at 4:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation has named Brent Stevens as the organization’s new executive director following the retirement of the current director, Stacy Adam. Stevens will lead ongoing business attraction, retention, and expansion opportunities, consult with various community stakeholders, and oversee numerous economic development programs and initiatives. His first […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Three people changed their pleas during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday. Eric Seekings, 40, of Van Wert, changed his plea to guilty to one count of menacing by stalking, a fourth degree felony. Judge Martin Burchfield ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 10 a.m. […]
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Submitted information The Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session at 8 p.m. Monday, February 27, to discuss and possibly act on Phase II of the elementary school construction project. The meeting, which will be open to the public, will be held in the Neubrecht Lecture Hall.
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Submitted information COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has removed Toledo Central Catholic High School from the girls basketball tournament, OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute announced Wednesday evening, after it was learned that the girls basketball program has committed a third recruiting bylaw infraction that the OHSAA learned about this school year. Toledo […]
POSTED: 02/23/23 at 4:44 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff LIMA — No. 3 seed Van Wert (15-7) will face WBL foe Elida in the Division II sectional finals at Lima Sr. on Friday. The Bulldogs (9-14) defeated Kenton 52-32 in Wednesday’s semifinal game to advance to the championship game. Friday’s game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., after St. Marys […]
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Submitted information COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its 2023 boys tennis state tournament will be held at Ohio State University’s Outdoor Varsity Tennis Center and Ty Tucker Tennis Center on Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26. Construction at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, home to the […]
POSTED: 02/23/23 at 4:43 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Mary Alice (Hrabe) Callow, 98, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, after three months of hospice care. Mary was born on May 13, 1924, in Detroit, Michigan to John V. Hrabe and Mary Elenore (Tubbs) Hrabe, who both preceded her in death. In 1947, she married Robert A. Callow and […]
POSTED: 02/22/23 at 3:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A fire at a storage barn at Hickory Sticks Golf Course in Van Wert prompted a response by multiple area fire departments late this morning. Van Wert, Ohio City, Middle Point, Convoy, Wren, Rockford and Mendon fire departments were summoned to the US 127 South scene just south of Peter Collins Rd. As of early […]
POSTED: 02/22/23 at 12:36 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Tuesday February 21, 2023 1:13 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the city of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle. 4:04 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. Route 30 in Tully Township for a report of a wrong way driver. 0820 a.m. – Deputies conducted […]
POSTED: 02/22/23 at 10:59 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement