OhioHealth family medicine resident, Cody Klinker, MD, has won the American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Klinker is a native of Van Wert ...

Lois Irene Bolenbaugh, 95, passed away on Wednesday evening, September 11, 2024, at VanCrest of Van Wert while surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 8, 1928, in Convoy, the ...

COLUMBUS — The beginning of football season also means the beginning of tailgating season in parking lots across Ohio. Before gameday arrives, the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Divisions of Liquor ...

CONVOY — Nearly 300 America’s Electric Cooperative PAC members of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative and Midwest Electric gathered at Lincoln Ridge Farms last week for a legislative dinner. The ...

For the second straight season against McComb, an early Crestview injury seemed to swing momentum in favor of the Panthers, as McComb rolled to a 31-14 victory on Friday night. Last year, quarterback ...

Van Wert finished second behind Elida at the Cougar Classic at the Van Wert County Foundation Tennis Complex on Saturday. Mandy Burenga took home first place at first singles, while Sophie Gearhart ...

Here are final scores of area high school football games played on Friday night, August 23.

CELINA — The Van Wert Cougar golf team traveled to Celina Lynx to take on the Celina Bulldogs on Wednesday, and the Cougars were victorious 161-229. Hayden Dowler was match medalist, carding a 39.

1 st Federal of Van Wert officials, city and county officials and others gathered along N. Washington St. for a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday. A second branch of 1 st Federal will constructed on ...

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FINDLAY — Flag City Honor Flight is preparing for its 28th mission on Tuesday, September 10, to take 87 veterans, primarily from the Vietnam War era, to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials built in ...

It was hot opening day at the Van Wert County Fair, but there was still activity at the fairgrounds into the evening hours. The fair will continue today and tonight. The annual cheerleading ...