Tag: Van Wert

Upcoming ODOT Work This Week July 31, 2017

The following is highway construction scheduled to occur within Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 2/state Route 49 within the village of Hicksville will close August 1 for approximately two weeks for excavation of a manhole. Traffic detoured onto state Route 18, U.S. 127 and U.S. 24 back to state Route…

Secrets of Body Language Revealed at Lifetree Café

Practical insights about the meaning of body language will be provided at Lifetree Café on Thursday, July 27 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. The program, titled “Body Language: What You Say Before You Say a Word,” features a filmed interview with nonverbal communication expert Jan Hargrave, author of Actions Speak Louder Than Words and Let…

Upcoming ODOT Work Week Of July 10, 2017

The following is work scheduled to occur in the coming week on state highways in Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 18 between township Road 115 and Glenberg Road will close beginning August 8 for culvert replacements at three locations: two located west of Sherwood, one east of Sherwood. Work is…

Patrol Investigating Serious Injury Crash

The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a two vehicle serious injury crash that occurred Friday evening 3 miles west of the City of Delphos in Van Wert County. Troopers were dispatched to the crash on Lincoln Highway just east of Converse Roselm Road in Washington Township at 7:54 p.m. Friday evening.…

Wolfrum To Run For Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District

Van Wert County Commissioner Todd Wolfrum announced today he is running for Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District seat in the United States Congress. Wolfrum will be running in the May, 2018 Republican Primary. Wolfrum is a practicing attorney in Van Wert and is serving his second term as commissioner. He won the Republican primary in the…

Van Wert Elementary Received Hall of Fame Award

The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) announced that Van Wert Elementary School in the Van Wert City School District has been selected as a 2017 Hall of Fame School. Principal Kevin Gehres and his staff will be presented with the award, including $1,000, to be used at the principal’s discretion. OAESA will recognize…

Area Flooding Issues Exacerbated By Recent Heavy Rains

By: Josh Steiner After an already excessively wet May, the area continued to see heavy rainfall this week, with many areas from Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Decatur, southern Paulding County and others picking up at least several inches of rain. In fact, at the Fort Wayne International Airport, rainfall totals for the month exceed nine…

Local Man’s Year-long Journey In Hospice

People often believe that hospice is for patients with only hours or days to live, however this is not always true.  For the family of longtime Van Wert resident Wally Purmort, the hospice journey was experienced for over a year at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. “My husband had a gradually debilitating disease…

Coloring Contest Winners Announced

Dr. Carl Jeffery and Dr. Jessica Jeffery-Mohr of Jeffery-Mohr Dentistry of Van Wert are very happy to announce that Josiah Stoller was the second place winner of the coloring contest to celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month. Josiah received a $50 gift certificate to Wal-mart Supercenter. Aleena Wheeler was the $20 gift certificate recipient. The…