Besides a few intermittent showers, the sun shone brightly on the Wren Festival and Wiffleball Tournament this past weekend. By early Saturday morning, parking places were scarce as streets were lined by cars to the far reaches of the town limits.
VAN WERT—The Van Wert High School Class of 2009 will be holding their class reunion on Saturday, September 21 at the Harvest Moon Festival. A tent at the event has been reserved for all to gather.
VAN WERT—Students arriving at Van Wert High School were greeted Tuesday morning with donuts and juice, a way to welcome students back for the first day of school. “We’re really excited about the first day of school.
VAN WERT—At 5:17 p.m. Van Wert Fire Dept. received a call reporting heavy smoke and a possible fire at 749 S. Shannon St. Fire department crews quickly responded and put out the fire that had begun.
VAN WERT—The Van Wert County Regional Airport is closer to expanding its runway to 5,000 feet. At the Airport Board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 13, Jason Clearwaters, Aviation Development Director for BF&S Civil Engineers out of Indianapolis, updated the board on recent developments in the years-long effort.
VAN WERT COUNTY—Three fire departments responded to a structure fire early Sunday morning on the northwest corner of 118 and the Van Wert-Mercer County Line. Units from Ohio City, Rockford and Mendon Union Fire departments responded to the alarm that went out at about 5:23 a.m.
VAN WERT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHERIFF THOMAS M. RIGGENBACH DAILY ACTIVITY LOG Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024 9:12 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on Giffin Road in Hoaglin Township for a subject not feeling well.
VAN WERT COUNTY—A two vehicle accident occurred at the 224 and Liberty Union Road intersection at about 12:05 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
VAN WERT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHERIFF THOMAS M. RIGGENBACH DAILY ACTIVITY LOG The information provided allows for a timely snapshot of events in our community. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by deputies, and may or may not be assigned to a detective for further investigation. The information provided may be found after further investigation to be incorrect or false. Certain details of these incidents have been removed due to potential follow-up investigation into the incident and/ or for privacy rights.
VAN WERT—The Brumback has been doing some housecleaning lately, and Director Nellie Schmidt briefed the Board during their August meeting last Thursday at 5 p.m. “We have a lot of things that are taking up space that we don’t need anymore,” she told them.