Editor’s note: The Friday Flashback feature returns to the Sports page of the VW independent until the end of August. Each Friday, the VW independent will turn back the hands of time by featuring a sports story dating back 10 years or longer. This installment goes back to June, 2011 and the annual All-Star football […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:42 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor The future home of Northwest State Community College’s Van Wert campus has received a nice and somwhat unexpected financial boost. During a planned wall signing event and media tour on Thursday, NSCC President Dr. Todd Hernandez announced the satellite campus on E. Sycamore St., the former Kennedy Manufacturing building, has been approved […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle welcomed three new full-time officers on Thursday (left to right) – Justin Hammoned, Mario Marino and Calvin Fackler. All three were sworn during a brief ceremony at the Van Wert Municipal Building. Each of the new officers must complete a four-month field training program, which is included in a […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff CONVOY — Brothers Ray and Floyd Etzler have been named as Grand Marshals of the 2024 Convoy Community Days parade, scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13. The parade theme is “The Little Town That Does Big Things” and the parade will travel from the Crestview Local Schools to Edgewood Park. Floyd […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:37 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff A reminder that due to the extreme heat, the Main Street Van Wert Block Party, originally scheduled for 4-10 p.m. today has been postponed and rescheduled for August 9. Tonight’s Feel Good Fridays concert series has been moved from Fountain Park to the air conditioned Niswonger Performing Arts Center. The Poison tribute […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
Extreme heat? No problem for these workers who have been busy outside the Van Wert County Courthouse this week. According to County Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger, crews are redoing the concrete curbs around the landscaping, including removing some of the flat concrete and pouring new in its place. Several old smaller trees have been removed and those […]
POSTED: 06/21/24 at 3:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County has officially announced the launch of a multi-year capital campaign to build a new facility that will serve survivors, children and families in the community. According to a press release, this quiet phase of the campaign is the next step in the YWCA’s long-standing mission […]
POSTED: 06/20/24 at 11:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff A handful of criminal hearings were held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court this week. Judge Martin Burchfield presided over each of the hearings. Court was not in session on Wednesday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Plea changes Samuel Cassidy, 22, of Van Wert, changed his plea […]
POSTED: 06/20/24 at 10:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Sheriff’s deputies and Scott Fire & EMS were summoned to Elm Sugar Road in Union Township shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, after a truck and car collided. A report states the truck ran a stop sign and struck the car, which later had to be pulled out from under the truck. The […]
POSTED: 06/20/24 at 10:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 12:26 a.m. – Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on Mentzer Church Road in Tully Township for a subject who had fallen. 1:26 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Maple Avenue in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle. 4:41 a.m. – […]
POSTED: 06/20/24 at 8:20 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement