Lincolnview finished second at the Edgerton Golf Invitational at Suburban Golf Club in Bryan on Thursday. Jacob Geier led the ...

COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation Director Pamela Boratyn have announced details of a new plan to address the shortage of safe, accessible commercial-truck parking ...

Here are this year’s high school football broadcast schedules for radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. WKSD will once again offer a variety of the top games from Paulding and Van Wert ...

Coty Baer of Van Wert won a 2025 Harley Davidson Street at the Wetzelland 2025 biker rally. The winning ticket was pulled from a drum containing thousands of other tickets. The drawing was held ...

The Van Wert Cougars experienced a second week of frustration against another top Western Buckeye League opponent as the ...

A push for much needed space at the Van Wert County Historical Society campus officially began Friday evening with a Kickoff Gala at the main branch of the Brumback Library. VWCHS Trustee Mark Hurless ...

Van Wert, Ohio breaking news and local information from the Van Wert Independent.

VW independent staff/submitted information PAULDING — Paulding Putnam has partnered with the Village of Payne to bring free public Wi-Fi to community spaces and fiber internet access to Payne ...

VW independent staff/submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County’s 30th annual Summer Food Program has come to a successful conclusion. The longstanding initiative focuses on combating food ...

Van Wert High School graduate Keaton Foster has been named as a winner of the County Commissioners’ Association of Ohio’s 2025 Ohio Counties Scholarship for the northwest district. He was presented ...

Monday, July 28, 2025 6:32 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of West Main Street in the City of Van Wert for a report of a loose dog. 6:52 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location on North ...

The Van Wert County Foundation has announced the completion of its 2025 Traditional Undergraduate Scholarship program. This year, scholarships were awarded to 308 students, totaling $655,250, to ...