Kids, get ready to “hop to it.” The annual free Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Van Wert Parks Department will be held at 10 a.m. this Saturday, April 19, at Smiley Park. Age groups will be 2 and ...

He was born November 19, 1959, in Van Wert, to Richard Frederick Goodwin and Carol Mary Louise (Unterbrink) Gribler, who both preceded him in death. Survivors include his two sons, Evan J. Goodwin of ...

Girl Scout Troop 2024 had a great cookie selling season. Not only were they able to enough boxes to raise money for a troop camp out this summer, but they obtained enough donations to be able to ...

Three senior girls were winners of the 2025 YWCA of Van Wert County Scholarship for Young Women. Amanda Burenga (right) finished first and received an $800 scholarship, Lakyn Bailey (left) finished ...

Wednesday started with a bang and ended with one in much of Van Wert County, including a tornado just outside of Van Wert. Strong thunderstorms moved through the county early Wednesday morning. Those ...

50 years of the Peony Queen Pagaent – the Golden Jubilee – was celebrated Friday night at LifeHouse Church. Eight area high school senior girls competed for the coveted title and it wasn’t an easy ...

Once again, one of Van Wert County’s neighbors has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Ohio. According to figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday, Mercer ...

Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and Ohio House District 82 Representative Roy Klopfenstein met with Paulding and Van Wert County superintendents and treasurers last Friday. The meeting was held at ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, recently announced a measles outbreak in Ashtabula County and one confirmed case of a visitor in Knox County who exposed others ...

With the threat of severe weather this evening, the Van Wert County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management reminds everyone that now is the time to start preparing and reviewing emergency ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Division of Unclaimed Funds has unveiled a new system designed to make it easier and potentially faster for Ohioans to search for and recover their portion of approximately $4.8 ...

Here is the list of Crestview High School honor roll students for the third nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year.