VW independent staff/submitted information With the 2025-2026 school year fully underway, the Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District is excited to be back in the schools again. SWCD Education Coordinator Tammy Campbell has a wide variety of educational programs that she teaches to students throughout Van Wert County. The most recent event was “Not […]
POSTED: 09/26/25 at 11:15 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information If it feels like everyone has road rage these days, that’s because they probably do. A staggering 96 percent of drivers admit to engaging in aggressive driving behaviors over the past year, according to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study also found that more than one in […]
POSTED: 09/26/25 at 11:14 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Here are final scores of area high school football games played on Friday, September 26. GMC Edgerton 48 Ayersville 27 Paulding 36 Fairview 31 Tinora 42 Antwerp 12 Wayne Trace 54 Hicksville 21 MAC Anna 42 Delphos St. John’s 0 Coldwater 63 Parkway 19 Fort Recovery 20 New Bremen 13 Marion Local 20 Versailles 19 […]
POSTED: 09/26/25 at 10:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Thursday, September 25, 2025 12:00 a.m. – Deputies responded to a commercial alarm on Middle Point Road in Ridge Township. 7:54 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Ohio 49 in Willshire Township to check the welfare of a dog. 11:47 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Third Street in the City […]
POSTED: 09/26/25 at 9:28 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent sports Volleyball Crestview 3 Bluffton 0 Crestview took sole possession of first place in the NWC with a straight set win at Bluffton Thursday night. The Lady Knights jumped out early in the first set with a lot of fire, winning 25-13 and then got down early in the second and third sets yet […]
POSTED: 09/26/25 at 6:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
By Dr. Howard Fleeter A new report from the nonpartisan Ohio Education Policy Institute (OEPI) tells the story of how Ohio residential and agricultural property taxpayer costs have increased significantly over many years as well as a series of options to address the problem. Authored by R. Gregory Browning, former state budget director under Gov. […]
POSTED: 09/25/25 at 8:56 pm. FILED UNDER: Opinions
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Among the state’s 88 counties, preliminary August, 2025 unemployment rates ranged from a low of 3.2 percent in northeast Ohio’s Geauga and Medina counties to a high of 7.4 percent in Meigs County, in southern Ohio. The latest figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show August unemployment […]
POSTED: 09/25/25 at 8:51 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The Van Wert Rotary Club has inducted Michael Etter as its newest member, marking a historic milestone for the organization – three generations of Rotary service in one family. Etter was welcomed into Rotary by his father, Brad Etter, and his grandfather, Wayne Kilton, who served as his sponsors. Both Brad and Wayne are past […]
POSTED: 09/25/25 at 8:49 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert is getting another pizza place. Papa Johns is setting up shop along Towne Center Blvd., between Great Clips and Hong Kong Buffett. Interior construction is ongoing. An exact opening date hasn’t been released but a sign near the front entrance reads “Coming Soon.” Scott Truxell/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/25/25 at 8:48 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — A pair of area projects have been grant assistance from the Ohio Rail Development Commission. The grants were announced last week. The projects will help create and retain jobs, generate new rail traffic and upgrade the rail system to help keep trucks off the road. The Rail Commission approved […]
POSTED: 09/25/25 at 8:47 pm. FILED UNDER: News