{"id":204576,"date":"2026-04-05T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204576"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:41:12","slug":"vwchs-opening-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/05\/vwchs-opening-season\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCHS opening season&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cheese-4-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204577\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The Van Wert County Historical Society kicks off its 2026 season on Sunday, April 12, with the theme &#8220;Celebrating the Story of our County and Country.&#8221; The opening presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the Annex.\u00a0 This year the VWCHS has many programs celebrating Van Wert natives&#8217; involvement in America&#8217;s story. You will also be able to pick up your very own Flat Isaac, your ticket to exploring the rich history of Van Wert County.\u00a0\u200bThe highlight of the afternoon will be a presentation by Denny Staude, who will share his firsthand experiences in Van Wert\u2019s legendary cheese industry. Staude began his career at Borden\u2019s in 1972 and remained a vital figure in the production of Liederkranz and Camembert cheeses through a devastating fire in 1973 and the eventual acquisition by General Foods in 1981. As a former manager of soft-ripened cheese production, Staude offers a rare look into the industrial legacy that made Van Wert famous nationwide. <em>Photos submitted<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cheese-fire-4-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204578\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Van Wert County Historical Society kicks off its 2026 season on Sunday, April 12, with the theme &#8220;Celebrating the Story of our County and Country.&#8221; The opening presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the Annex.\u00a0 This year the VWCHS has many programs celebrating Van Wert natives&#8217; involvement in America&#8217;s story. You will also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 07:00:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204579,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204576\/revisions\/204579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}