VW Post names top trooper, dispatcher

Submitted information Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Adam L. Saylor has been selected the 2024 Trooper of the Year at the Van Wert Post.  The selection of Trooper Saylor, 31, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2024.  Fellow officers stationed at the Van Wert Post, chose Trooper Saylor based on his leadership abilities, professional ethics, […]

United Way campaign update…

The staff at Crestview Local Schools held their annual fundraising efforts for the United Way of Van Wert County at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. Employees raised over $6,000, which is outstanding and an increase from last year!  Crestview staff and students participate in many United Way events from Vantage Day of Caring […]

Elks to conduct annual memorial service

Submitted information Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197 announces that its annual Memorial Service will be held on at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 1, in the Lodge Room. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks mandates that the first Sunday in December of each year be set aside as the day in the Order when Elks […]

Carl Wayne Mosier

Carl Wayne Mosier, 75, of Grover Hill, passed away Tuesday morning, November 19, 2024, at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center following a battle with cancer. He was born March 27, 1949, in Van Wert, the son of Charles Allen Mosier and Alma Fern (McClish) Mosier, who both preceded him in death. On November 22, 2003, he […]

OHSAA sets semifinal bracket pairings

VW independent sports/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the bracket pairings for next week’s football state semifinal games. The geography of the schools involved in each region is the primary factor in determining how the regional champions will be paired in the state semifinals. A team’s won-lost record, regional […]

VWCO Sheriff’s activity report 11/18/2024

Monday November 18, 2024 2:31 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert Fire to a location on South Shannon Street for a Fire Alarm. 6:10 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Dutch John Road in Union Township to check an abandoned 9-1-1 call. 9:39 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. Route 30 […]

Crestview supt. retiring after 39 years

DAVE MOSIER/for the Van Wert independent CONVOY — The Crestview Local Board of Education approved the pending resignation of the district’s superintendent during its November meeting on Monday. Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf noted she will not be seeking re-employment with the district when her current contract expires July 31, 2025. Mollenkopf, herself a Crestview graduate (Class […]

First Federal donates to BDC campaign

Submitted information The Business Development Corporation of Van Wert (BDC) announced that First Federal of Van Wert has made a significant investment in the community by donating to the Accelerate Van Wert 3.0 capital campaign. “First Federal believes in helping Van Wert succeed,” said Brian Renner, president of First Federal of Van Wert. “We also […]

State, local gas prices decrease

Staff reports/submitted information Average gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.82 per gallon as of Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,345 stations in Ohio. In Van Wert, gas prices were below the statewide average, with the price per gallon on Monday ranging from $2.72 to […]

Random Thoughts: all playoff edition

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around Delphos St. John’s, all-MAC matchups, a hoops delay, Columbus Grove’s Trent Barraza, Bluffton’s Landon Worcester, a three time defending champion, and a fantastic finish. Flying high Delphos St. John’s did it again. The Blue Jays rallied from a 13-0 deficit to defeat Leipsic 21-13 […]