VW independent sports Golf Crestview 157 Antwerp 171 Edon 261 WOODBURN — Matthew Dealey set a Crestvew High School record with a 33 and the Knights bested Antwerp and Edon at Pond A River Golf Club on Tuesday. Brady Petrie fired a 39, followed by Trey Skelton (42) and Logan Schlemmer (43). Crestview will return […]
POSTED: 08/16/23 at 3:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — With school starting Thursday for most students, the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education used Monday’s monthly meeting to apply the finishing touches and learn more about the upcoming academic year. School will start tomorrow (Thursday, August 17) for students in grades 1-12 and Monday, August 28, for preschool and […]
POSTED: 08/16/23 at 3:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County invites Van Wert County residents and businesses to cover the county in purple lights for the month of October for the ninth annual Purple Light Nights event. The color purple is recognized as the international awareness color symbolic of domestic violence. One in four women and one […]
POSTED: 08/16/23 at 3:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) recently visited Vantage Career Center in Van Wert. He met with Vantage leadership, business leaders, instructors, and coordinators to learn more about the benefits of TechCred courses and how they help the local community. “With the demands of our workforce rapidly changing, it is important that […]
POSTED: 08/16/23 at 3:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Crestview has set bus routes for the 2023-2024 school year. Bus routes may be subject to change at any time during the school year with the approval of the superintendent. Route #1: (Driver: Deb Ebert, Bus #17) AM Route Leave Crestview. East on Tully St. to Lincoln Hwy. West on Lincoln Hwy to […]
POSTED: 08/16/23 at 3:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information First Financial Bank is working to make it easy for local residents to have a safe and clean home by launching a local cleaning supplies drive at its financial center at 1163 S. Shannon St., Van Wert. Unopened and unexpired cleaning supplies can be dropped off at all First Financial locations in the […]
POSTED: 08/15/23 at 6:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Submitted information Financial advisor Eric Hurless of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Van Wert has received the Certified Financial Planner or CFP certification, granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Becoming a CFP professional expands a financial advisor’s knowledge base in the following areas: Financial management Tax-sensitive investment strategies Retirement savings […]
POSTED: 08/15/23 at 6:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Submitted information VENEDOCIA — Salem Presbyterian Church of Venedocia will be celebrating a longtime community event with its 106th Gymanfa Ganu on Sunday, September 3. The Gymanfa Ganu (pronounced “Ga-mahn’-fa Ga’-nee”) is a Welsh festival of song tradition celebrated around the world. The village of Venedocia has strong Welsh roots, being settled as it was […]
POSTED: 08/15/23 at 5:56 pm. FILED UNDER: Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church is inviting you to join the church choir. The choir sings to the glory of God through traditional choral music, rehearsing on Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:15 a.m. Check out the Christmas Cantata from 2022 here. The church’s annual Choir Kickoff will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 7, meal included. […]
POSTED: 08/15/23 at 5:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Church
Helen Kathryn Kiehl, 91, of Van Wert, passed away Saturday morning, August 12, 2023, at Hearth & Home in Van Wert. She was born on November 6, 1931, in Van Wert County the daughter of Alfred and Marie (Young) Miller, who both preceded her in death. She married Gerald Kiehl August 26, 1950, and he […]
POSTED: 08/15/23 at 9:34 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries