VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio’s annual free fishing days, scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, will give all residents a chance to fish at any public waterway without a license. This includes Lake Erie, the Ohio River, and Ohio’s public lakes, reservoirs, streams, and rivers. June 15 and 16 will be […]
POSTED: 06/12/24 at 3:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
Randall J. Gorman, 73, of Van Wert passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Monday, June 10, 2024, at St. Rita’s Medical Center of Lima after a brief battle with cancer. He was born on April 23, 1951, in Van Wert to Morris R. Gorman and Mary Jean (Finkhousen) Gorman. He was also […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 12:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Dora Mae Hoffman, 84, of Ohio City passed away Monday morning, June 10, 2024, at Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born April 23, 1940, in Van Wert County, the daughter of John ‘Fred’ and Phyllis L. (Prichard) Ainsworth, who both preceded her in death. On September 6, 1959, she married John H. Hoffman, who […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 8:28 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Monday June 10, 2024 5:40 a.m. – Deputies responded to take a motor vehicle crash report involving a deer on U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township, no injuries were reported. 11:22 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the Village of Willshire for a complaint of domestic violence. Hassan Joh, 26, of Liberty Township was […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 8:22 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
James (Jimmy) Wayne Lee Vibbert passed away at his residence on Friday, June 7, 2024. He was born on January 15, 1963 in Green Castle, Indiana, to Wanda (Judy) York who survives, and Marion Harold Vibbert, who preceded him in death May 2, 2017. He is also survived by his siblings, William (Ted) Vibbert of […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Clarice J. Baker, 92, of Haviland, went to be with Jesus at 6:49 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2024, under the care of CHP Hospice of Van Wert. She was born on January 25, 1932, in Butler, Indiana to Merton Alonzo Bell and MaDonna J. (Franks) Bell, who both preceded her in death. Clarice graduated from […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 7:20 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor It was standing room only at Monday night’s Van Wert City Council meeting and most of the attendees were there to discuss marijuana dispensaries in the city limits. After nearly an hour of comments from the public, council members voted 5-1 in favor of lifting the city’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 3:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Property owners in Van Wert County are reminded that the due date for the second half collection of 2023 real estate taxes is Wednesday, July 10. The Van Wert County Treasurer’s Office is open Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 3:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff An open house is planned for retiring Van Wert County Board of Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Jim Stripe, who has been with the VWCBDD since 1975 and has served as superintendent since 1988. The open house will be held from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the Thomas Edison Preschool Gym, 813 N. […]
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Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently donated $1,000 to the Veteran’s Food Pantry in Lima. The money is from a Freedom Grant the lodge received from the Elks National Foundation, a perpetual trust fund established in 1928. Pictured from left to right are John Ream, Leading Knight; Betsy Potts, […]
POSTED: 06/11/24 at 3:32 am. FILED UNDER: News