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 ...

Lincolnview Local Schools will be holding its annual open house from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, August 11. The evening will serve as an open house for parents and students in K-12 to visit their classrooms, ...

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 ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor If their nominating petitions are deemed valid, six people will run for three Van Wert City Council At-Large seats this fall. The deadline to file petitions with the ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor The Van Wert High School Class of 1979 has donated $5,000 supporting the Eggerss Stadium renovation project. Through the Legacy Program, the class chose to be a yard ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor In an effort to address the growing mental health challenges faced by first responders and others, Van Wert Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 681 and the Van Wert ...

The entire community is invited to a big summer bash happening this Friday in downtown Van Wert. Main Street Van Wert’s Block Party will take place from 4-10 at and near Fountain Park. The free family ...

On paper, it appears the race for the 2025 Northwest Conference football championship will come down to two teams but as we all know, games aren’t played on paper. Since the 2018 season, Columbus ...

A SWCD election was held for two supervisor positions on the SWCD Board of Supervisors five member board. Dustin Schaadt and ...

The branch is located at 820 N. Washington St. and will offer the same banking products and services that are offered at ...

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