Van Wert News

Leota L. Neely, 76, died at 8:14 p.m. Nov. 8, 2009, at Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert, following a 16-month battle with cancer.

It took a few tries, but Vantage Career Center passed the levy it needed to expand and renovate its facility.

'Tis the season for vampires to lurk while witches take flight on brooms and little goblins seek treats in the night.

I am writing to encourage our local community to experience Off Stage Production's 'Playing Doctor,' which ends Saturday.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at the church. DAULBAUGH, Mildred - 2 p.m. Monday at Harter & Schier Funeral Home, Delphos.

Graveside services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Gethsemani Cemetery. Visitation: immediately following the service Saturday at Old Barn Out Back.

Delphos City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening; two council members, Joseph Martz and James Hanser were absent.

Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.

Lisa Curby of Rankin & Rankin Inc. recently was appointed a special Blue Streak representative for the Central Insurance Companies.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer ST. MARYS - Local organizations are collaborating in October to celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month through a variety of avenues.

Collin Moulton will bring the laughs to Sylvania tomorrow when he performs at 8:30 p.m. in Lourdes College's Ebeid Student Center in the lower level of Delp Hall.

Each year, the Delphos Rotary Club Senior Walking Tour takes students on a trip through time.

Can Allen County conduct elections with less than one-third the number of voting precincts that it operates now? Multimedia A committee empowered by the county election board will begin next week to explore the possibility of major changes in how votes would be cast and counted.

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Celina's Zach Hellwarth, with ball, runs over a Van Wert defender during their Western Buckeye League matchup on Friday night at Eggress Stadium.

The 10th annual Paulding County Economic Development banquet, which marked the agency's 15th anniversary, was held at the county extension building Thursday.

When early settlers of Bowling Green drained the Black Swamp, they didn't know part of the land would one day support a university.

Delphos Honey Industry Improvement A substantial improvement in the Delphos honey industry is being made at the home of Carl Landwehr, East Second street.

Tom Brenneman and Dennis Wilhelm of Delphos were invited to become 33rd Degree Masons, having climbed the ranks of the fraternal organization since the early 1970s.

Having not received the help from "mother nature" many had hoped for, this year's yield will reflect a lack of rainfall.