SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports It may be a cliché but it’s true – throw out the records, because recent history suggests Friday night’s homecoming game between Van Wert (3-4, 2-4 WBL) and Ottawa-Glandorf (0-7, 0-6 WBL) will go right down to the wire. Need proof? Last year the Cougars edged the Titans 35-34 in overtime. In […]
POSTED: 10/07/25 at 8:36 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports Excluding a Week No. 2 loss to Marion Local, Crestview has scored at least 34 points in every game this season and has the No. 1 rushing attack in the NWC. After a slow start, Columbus Grove has given up a grand total of seven points during a four game winning streak […]
POSTED: 10/07/25 at 8:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Week No. 7 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the seventh week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles the best of the best with the OPSMA High School Football […]
POSTED: 10/07/25 at 10:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Monday, October 6, 2025 12:18 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Dog Creek Road in the Village of Middle Point for a report of a vehicle in the roadway with no lights. 1:37 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the City of Delphos for a report of a motor vehicle crash […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Ohio’s early in-person voting period begins today and runs through Sunday, November 2, two days ahead of the November 4 general election. Ballots may be cast at the Van Wert County Board of Elections Office, 1362 E. Ervin Rd., Van Wert (see below for voting hours). Absentee voting by mail is also […]
POSTED: 10/07/25 at 5:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Van Wert Lodge No. 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will be hosting a free spaghetti supper for all veterans of the Van Wert County area. It will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, October 23, at the Elks Lodge, 1197 Elks Drive, Van Wert. The supper is free to all veterans. […]
POSTED: 10/06/25 at 8:46 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Brumback Library invites the community to join its book discussion at 6 p.m. Monday, November 3, at the main library. This month’s selection is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. In The Anxious Generation, Haidt explores how the rapid rise of smartphones, […]
POSTED: 10/06/25 at 8:45 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert High School’s annual homecoming parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and will proceed from Jefferson Street to Fountain Park, with the traditional Powder Puff game to follow at Eggerss Stadium. Admission to the Power Puff game is $1. VW independent file photo
POSTED: 10/06/25 at 8:44 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Van Wert Federation of Teachers will host their annual fundraiser before the homecoming football game vs. Ottawa-Glandorf this Friday night. The scholarship dinner will be held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Goedde Building gymnasium. If you did not purchase a ticket, walk-ins are welcome. Meals cost $8 for adults and $5 for […]
POSTED: 10/06/25 at 8:44 pm. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports This week’s installment of Random Thoughts includes fun facts, Thursday Night Lights, a brutal volleyball district, plus the collapse of Texas and Penn State, Fun fact The number of passes thrown by Van Wert quarterback Zach Crummey during Friday’s game against St. Marys Memorial, 40, was the same number of passes the […]
POSTED: 10/06/25 at 8:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports