VW independent staff ANTWERP — It was a defensive struggle between two of the area’s better Division IV teams but in the end, the Antwerp Archers improved to 10-0 with a 48-43 win over Crestview on Saturday. The Knights fell to 8-4. Landon Brewer and Carson Altimus combined for 11 points in the first quarter […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:50 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, starting with pregame coverage at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Tuesday, January 9 WKSD – Crestview at Antwerp (girls) Thursday, January 11 WKSD – Wayne Trace at Hicksville (girls) Friday, January 12 […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:49 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports All local winter sports coaches are reminded that after each game or event, win or lose, home or away, to send scores, scorebook pages, statistics and/or any other relevant information to sports@thevwindependent.com. Screenshots of the information are also accepted at 419.681.2130. Sending the information or having an assistant coach, team manager or […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:49 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Van Wert City Council’s first meeting of 2024 will take place tonight and things will look decidedly different than the previous two years. Thad Eikenbary will officially take over as council president. He defeated former Fourth Ward Councilman Andrew Davis and Kirby Kelly in November and he’s replacing Jerry Mazur, who retired […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor 13 weeks from today is when a rare total solar eclipse will occur over this part of Ohio and other areas of the state. Van Wert County is in the path of totality for the April 8 eclipse. Locally, the eclipse will begin at 1:54 p.m. that day and will reach totality […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative, North Western Electric Cooperative, and Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative are now accepting applications for more than $15,400 in scholarships, as well as a free trip for multiple students to the nation’s capital as part of the annual Rural Electric Youth Tour. Scholarships are open to graduating seniors […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Six of Ohio’s eight largest cities saw less gun crime after the state’s “constitutional carry” law took effect, according to a study recently published by the Center for Justice Research, a partnership between the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Bowling Green State University. Beginning June 13, […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert’s newest coffee place, Bigby Coffee, opened on Friday and treated customers to free coffee from 8-10 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. The new Bigby is at 10280 Ohio 118. This week is Grand Opening Week at Bigby’s, with buy one get one free on Wednesday, a free swag cup with purchase while supplies last […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:33 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Submitted information KALIDA – Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. is proud to be recently selected as an AE50 award recipient for the innovative design of its new Equalizer SP grain cart tracked undercarriage. The Equalizer SP track features a 50-inch wide x 128-inch long footprint for over 88 square feet of ground contact for maximum flotation. […]
POSTED: 01/08/24 at 4:33 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Kathy Ann Haller, 74, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 30, 2023, while in residence at Serenades by Sonata memory care facility in Longwood, Florida. She was born on January 22, 1949, at Van Wert County Hospital, the second daughter to Eugene and Berta Haller. Kathy was the younger of two daughters. Having grown up in […]
POSTED: 01/07/24 at 9:26 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries