A Siberian elm tree stump along N. Walnut St. was cut down this week by workers who cut blocks out of the stump with a 42″ chainsaw to lower it down to a manageable size so the city’s stump grinder can efficiently handle it. Other trees are coming down and according to Van Wert Safety-Service […]
POSTED: 03/29/24 at 4:09 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) have introduced legislation that requires schools to allow U.S. Title 36, which permits certain patriotic organizations to provide information to students. Patriotic organizations covered by this legislation include the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, FFA, Civil Air Patrol, Boys […]
POSTED: 03/29/24 at 4:09 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS – One of the co-owners of a shuttered robocall business is facing contempt charges for defying a court order prohibiting him from placing or facilitating robocalls, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and seven other state attorneys general announced on Thursday. Yost and his counterparts are asking a federal judge in Texas to […]
POSTED: 03/29/24 at 4:08 am. FILED UNDER: News
Josephine Lee “Jody” (Jenkins) Tindall, 98, of Van Wert and formerly of Frankfort, Indiana, passed away early Thursday morning, March 28, 2024, at Vancrest of Van Wert. She was born July 28, 1925, in Van Wert, to Erastus and Cora Belle (Anderson) Jenkins. She married John William “Bill” Tindall July 13, 1942. Jody formerly attended […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 2:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
June Switzer Stevens, 89, passed from this world on Monday, March 25, 2024, at the Meadows of Kalida. She is survived by a daughter, Randy May (Mike) Sattler of Swanton; a son, Walter (Sue) Stevens of Van Wert; grandchildren, Jennifer (Brian) Hartogh, Jacob (Amanda) Sattler, Kyle Stevens, Kelly (Leroy) Belin, Travis White and Crystal Curry, […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 10:29 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Wednesday March 27, 2024 8:25 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a location on Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township for a subject with low blood pressure. 9:39 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Convoy Road in Tully Township to check an abandoned 911 call. 10:34 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residential […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 7:57 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent staff There’s good news for fans of WERT 1220AM – the Van Wert radio station is back on the air on the AM side of the dial. The signal went down March 14, when the radio station’s tower took a direct lightning hit, causing damage to some transmitter parts. According to station owner […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 4:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor After five seasons, Van Wert boys varsity basketball coach Ben Laudick has resigned his position. The Van Wert City Schools Board of Education accepted his resignation during Wednesday night’s monthly meeting. Laudick, who was at the meeting, read a brief statement and thanked the board, coaches, players, his family and others for […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor A Van Wert man who admitted to causing a woman’s death learned his fate on Wednesday. Thomas Lampy, 31, was sentenced by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Judge Martin Burchfield to 6-9 years in prison on a second degree felony charge of corrupting another with drugs. He was also ordered to […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has announced that Van Wert County citizens are invited to become associate members of the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association. Sheriff Riggenbach advised that membership appeals were mailed out around March 25. Individuals choosing to join the voluntary program can do so for as little […]
POSTED: 03/28/24 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: News