Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. All games will air live. Games are subject to change.

COLUMBUS — State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) has introduced House Bill 15, legislation he said will boost power generation in Ohio while improving affordability for ratepayers and ...

The Homestead Exemption program income thresholds has changed for the 2025 tax year payable in 2026. The threshold for senior citizens 65 and over is now $40,000 Ohio Adjusted Gross Wages (Line 3 on ...

Hayden Perrott (0) goes to the basket for two points during Saturday’s 68-30 victory over Hicksville. Perrott finished with 15 points and the Knights won their 13 th straight game. Wyatt ...

Deborah Diane (Dull) Frysinger passed away peacefully after a brief illness in Naples, Florida, and reunited with her husband on Earth and in Heaven, at 11:37 a.m. Friday, January 24, 2025. She was ...

A local project that has been in the making for several years is headed toward completion. Crews have been busy transforming the former Kennedy Manufacturing building on E. Sycamore St. into a ...

OTTAWA — Van Wert was no match for undefeated Ottawa-Glandorf (17-0, 8-0 WBL), as the Cougars fell to the Lady Titans 65-16 on Thursday. Van Wert (3-17, 0-8 WBL) will travel to Parkway on Monday.

Firefighters from Wren, Willshire, Ohio City and Convoy were dispatched to a fire on Schumm Road at approximately 7 a.m. Friday. The blaze in a utility building was quickly contained, but the building ...

Due to requests by many readers, the VW independent has resumed publishing Van Wert County real estate transfers. The information can be found by clicking the Real Estate tab. The information is ...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lima Post is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. Monday on Ohio 15 near County Road 21 in Putnam County’s Monroe Township.

Recent history suggested Friday’s Ottawa-Glandorf at Van Wert game might be a close one. After all, three of the last four games between the two schools were decided by two points or less. History was ...