SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports This week’s Monday Mailbag, which is a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday, features questions about the WBL football race, Van Wert boys’ soccer, Ohio State football and Paulding football. Q: Only one game into the (WBL) league race, but it is pretty clear that Wapak and St […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:08 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert finished second behind Toledo St. Francis in the Red Boys division at Saturday’s Columbus Grove Cross Country Invitational. Owen Scott (with trophy) was the individual runner-up, spanning 5,000 meters in 15:46.90, just behind Ottawa-Glandorf’s Ty Rosengarten (15:44.10). Fellow Cougar Andrew Laudick placed 10th overall (16:24.40). The girls team placed seventh out of 22 […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:08 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Central Insurance retirees met on August 28 at Pizza Hut in Van Wert with the following in attendance: Doug Watson, Sharon Baer, Vivian Langhals, Cindy Canary, Cindy Becker, Rhonda Altman, Terri Ulrey, Annette Hirschy, Nancy Wollenhaupt, Jana Ringwald, Barb Brinkman, Dorothy Helmke (Retiree of the Month), Marcia Birkemeier, Linda Holden, Phil Steinen, Sue Karst, Chuck […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Lifestyles
Submitted information Van Wert Live is happy to welcome a new face to the operational staff. Van Wert High School CEO student Mia Rager joins the team of entertainment professionals as a marketing intern. Mia is a senior and plans to attend college majoring in marketing and is considering the film industry. Because Miss Rager […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:06 pm. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment
Advanced Insurance Group is growing, with the addition of Thatcher Insurance Agency of Van Wert as the group’s fifth agency. Thatcher Insurance Agency will remain locally owned with more capabilities and will be operating as Advanced Insurance Group, effective immediately. Thatcher Insurance Group will be moving to the Advanced Insurance Group location at 101 W. […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Five real estate professionals affiliated with Straley Realty & Auctioneers, Inc. have earned the elite 2023-2024 Presidents Sales Club awards presented by the Ohio Association of Realtors. Realtors Chester Straley and Warren Straley were awarded the Award of Excellence for having in excess of $5 million in sales between July 1, 2023 and June 30, […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Business
Saturday August 31, 2024 12:33 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on U.S. 224 in Jackson Township to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle. 7:37 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 224 in Pleasant Township to check an occupied disabled vehicle. 8:57 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Friday August 30, 2024 1:45 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township for a complaint of reckless driving. 7:17 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 81 in York Township for a complaint of manure on the roadway. 7:53 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 9:03 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Judith Diane “Judy” Sheets, 81, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2024, at Indiana University Healthcare – Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on June 22, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana to Robert Rawlings and Doris (Godwin) Rawlings, who both preceded her in death. Judy was united in marriage to Garry E. […]
POSTED: 09/02/24 at 5:31 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Donna E. (Turnwald) Long, 65, of Van Wert, died at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Parkview Hospital Randallia in Fort Wayne. She was born on August 11, 1959, to Leonard and Armella (Verhoff) Turnwald. On May 3, 1980, she married Stephen J. Long. Donna was a retired retail specialist and buyer for Front […]
POSTED: 09/01/24 at 9:01 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries