Submitted information CONVOY — The Crestview Middle School and High School community is excited to begin the 2026-27 school year. Students in grades 7-12 may pick up schedules and laptops from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 10-12, in the student services office. In addition, there will be an evening schedule […]
POSTED: 08/03/26 at 8:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
The following real estate transfer information has been provided by the Van Wert County Recorder’s Office. The transfers listed below took place between July 27-31, 2026. Matthew R. McNamee to Shannon D. McNamee – Delphos inlots, lot 352. Dylan Schimmoeller, Kaylee Schimmoeller to Jeremie Buzard, Crystal Buzard – a portion of Section 27 in Ridge […]
POSTED: 08/03/26 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Editor’s note: this year the Brumback Library is celebrating 125 years of service to the community. Each month, the library will tell the story of the Brumback Library, chapter by chapter. This month’s installment explores library art and community clubs at the Brumback Library. The story is told by Theresa Mengerink, Brumback Library Patron Service […]
POSTED: 08/02/26 at 8:38 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Bargain hunters will be out in full force during back-to-back weekends, as two popular sale events roll right through Van Wert County. The U.S. 127 Yard Sale, known as the “World’s Longest Yard Sale” will begin this Thursday, August 6, and continue through Sunday, August 9. It spans six states and 690 […]
POSTED: 08/02/26 at 8:37 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio’s annual sales tax holiday returns this weekend but it’s going back to its roots. Last year it was 14 days and in 2024, it was 10 days. Now, it’s just three days — from 12 a.m. Friday, August 7, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, August 9. When it was […]
POSTED: 08/02/26 at 8:36 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Janet Louise Myers, 87, of Van Wert, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice after a short illness. She was born on June 15, 1939, in Van Wert, to Berl and Esther (Caris) Dunlap, who both preceded her in death. On June 9, 1957, Janet married David L. […]
POSTED: 08/01/26 at 3:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent staff JACKSON TOWNSHIP — A Friday evening crash along U.S. 127 near milepost 8 in Paulding County’s Jackson Township left two people dead. According to the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just before 6:30 p.m., when a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse driven by Guadalupe Amaro Martinez II, […]
POSTED: 08/01/26 at 6:12 am. FILED UNDER: News