Weekend roundup: volleyball, soccer

VW independent sports Volleyball Van Wert 3 Waynesfield-Goshen 2 WAYNESFIELD – The Van Wert Lady Cougars enjoyed their second win of the season by rallying for five-set win over Waynesfield-Goshen, 25-6, 14-25, 11-25, 25-17, 15-13 on Saturday. Van Wert (2-17) will travel to Antwerp tonight, then will host Elida in the regular season finale on […]

On the Air: radio stations WKSD/WERT

VW independent sports Here are this week’s high school and college football broadcast schedules for 99.7 WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. All games will air live. Friday, October 13 WKSD – Antwerp at Paulding (6:30 p.m. pregame, 7 p.m. kickoff)WERT – Kenton at Van Wert (6:30 p.m. pregame, 7 p.m. kickoff) Saturday, October 14 WKSD and […]

Board holds interviews, regular meeting

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor It was a very busy week for the Vantage Career Center Board of Education. The board met behind closed doors on Tuesday and Thursday to interview applicants and discuss them for the soon to be vacant treasurer’s position, then heard a number of information items and handled routine agenda items during the […]

Early in-person voting starts Oct. 11

VW independent staff Early in-person voting will begin on Wednesday, October 11. Local mayoral, council, school board and township trustee races will be on the ballot, along with local issues and State Issues 1 and 2. Absentee voting by mail will begin the same day. In-person ballots may be cast at the Van Wert County […]

Gov’t offices to be closed on Monday

VW independent staff Monday, October 9, is Columbus Day, a federal holiday. All federal and state government offices will be closed for the day. Most banks will be closed for the day and post offices will be closed, with no mail delivery on Monday. Van Wert County offices and Van Wert Municipal Court will be […]

VWFD, Fast promoting fire prevention

VW independent staff/submitted information The Van Wert Fire Department is teaming up with State Farm and the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Cooking Safety Starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention.” This year’s campaign, which runs from October 8-14, works to educate families about simple but important […]

A “Wise” player leads Cougars to a win

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor LIMA — Briston Wise started the game at one position, finished at another and along the way, helped lead Van Wert to a 40-26 win over stubborn Shawnee on Friday night. The 5-9, 165 pound junior started at running back in place of Keldyn Bill, who was ruled out with an injury. […]

CG Bulldogs bite the Knights 37-0

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor COLUMBUS GROVE — Landon Best fired three touchdown passes and Columbus Grove took control early on the way to a dominating 37-0 win over Crestview at Clymer Stadium on Friday. The win boosted Columbus Grove’s record to 6-2 (5-0 NWC) and kept the Bulldogs on course for a possible conference championship game […]

Football Friday Scoreboard Week No. 8

VW independent sports Here are final scores of area high school football games played on Friday, October 6. GMC Ayersville 30 Antwerp 24Edgerton 36 Hicksville 6Tinora 56 Paulding 0Wayne Trace 19 Fairview 16 MAC Coldwater 35 New Bremen 21Marion Local 42 Anna 8Minster 21 Delphos St. John’s 10Fort Recovery 29 Parkway 14Versailles 28 St. Henry […]

OSHP cracking down on distracted driving

VW independent staff/submitted information FINDLAY — Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Findlay District will focus efforts on curbing distracted driving this weekend, as Ohio’s new distracted driving law became enforceable on October 5. The northwest Ohio initiative started at 12 a.m. on Friday, October 6, and will end at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, […]