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Thursday, June 25, 2026
12:00 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area in the Village of Willshire to check the welfare of a subject.
12:50 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township for a subject having difficulty breathing.
1:00 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Ohio Street in t...
Editor’s note: The Friday Flashback has returned for the summer season and will continue until the start of the 2026 fall sports season. This week’s Friday Flashback takes us back to October of 2011, when Van Wert hosted Bath in a Week No. 6 homecoming game. Below is the story as it appeared on the VW independent Sports page.
DAVE MOSIER/
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor
Vantage Career Center is able to boast not one, bu...
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The Van Wert City Board of Education is seeking applicants to fill the unexpired term of board member Thaison Leaser, who resigned his position effective June 30, 2026.
The board will begin interviewing candidates soon and must name a replacement within 30 days of the resignation. The newly appointed member will serve until D...
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The month of July will be a busy one in terms of events that require street closures in the downtown Van Wert Here. Here is the list.
America250 Independence Day celebration – This event is Friday, July 3, Saturday, July 4, beginning at 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., each day. The street closure will be S. Jefferson...