The OSTPA Truck and Tractor Pull took over the grandstand at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds on Friday night. Today is First Responders Day, with free admission for all first responders. Tonight’s grandstand attraction will be the Jess Kellie Adams concert at 7 p.m. and Kaitlyn Schmit & Friends Concert at 9 p.m. Motocross will […]
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:14 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The City of Van Wert’s final brush pickup of 2024 is scheduled for Monday, September 9. Residents must have brush out by 7 a.m. that day. Place the brush by the curb and do not place it near poles, trees, etc. The city will not pick up limbs larger than four inches in diameter or more than […]
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:14 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine will observe Ohio’s fourth annual Overdose Awareness Day today. Established in 2021, Ohio Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise public awareness about substance use disorder and overdose risks, while also remembering the lives lost to drug addiction. “Overdose Awareness Day reminds us that we are all connected in […]
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:14 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Main Street Van Wert’s annual Harvest Moon Festival will be held three Saturdays from today, September 21, on Main Street in downtown Van Wert. The hours will be 4-10 p.m. Main Street, from Washington St. to Market St. will be closed from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. that day.
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports LIMA — Bath capitalized on a late Van Wert fumble, turning it into eight points and giving the Wildcats a wild 43-37 shootout victory over the Cougars in the Western Buckeye League opener on Friday night. The Cougar fumble gave Bath the ball at the 26 and Mikey Hale finished the game […]
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports CONVOY — Not again. For the second straight season against McComb, an early Crestview injury seemed to swing momentum in favor of the Panthers, as McComb rolled to a 31-14 victory on Friday night. Last year, quarterback Bryson Penix went down on the first play of the game against the Panthers and […]
POSTED: 08/31/24 at 12:12 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are final scores of area high school football games played on Friday, August 30. Western Buckeye League Bath 43 Van Wert 37 Ottawa-Glandorf 34 Kenton 18 Shawnee 21 Elida 14 St. Marys Memorial 35 Celina 6 Wapakoneta 41 Defiance 9 Non-conference Ada 42 Buckeye Central 0 Allen East 62 Newark Catholic […]
POSTED: 08/30/24 at 10:20 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Karen S. Butler, 81, of Van Wert, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024, at the OSU Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus. She was born on January 6, 1943, in Van Wert, to Kendall and Ursula (Dougal) Mohr. Karen is survived by her loving spouse, John D. Butler; her devoted daughters, Jenny (Craig) Hill of […]
POSTED: 08/30/24 at 12:51 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent sports Golf Van Wert 163 Wapakoneta 176 WAPAKONETA — Van Wert won for the third time this week to remain undefeated in dual matches and the Western Buckeye League. The Cougars defeated Wapakoneta 163-176 on the road on Thursay. Match medalist honors went to Van Wert’s Keaton Foster, who carded a 37. Runner-up […]
POSTED: 08/30/24 at 8:41 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Thursday August 29, 2024 2:28 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Union Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a deer, no injuries were reported. 8:01 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 116 in York Township for a complaint of a stray dog that […]
POSTED: 08/30/24 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement