New VW business

Krista Somerton (left) and Stacy Adam of the Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation welcomed Kevin Hague Towing LLC to Van Wert on Wednesday. Hague, who has a similar operation in Rockford, used an $84,000 Revolving Loan Fund loan, coupled with additional financing from Citizens National Bank, to purchase the former Mace Body Shop location at 315 N. Wall St. “We were pretty much handling all the calls up here, so we decided to move up here,” Hague said, noting that the decision luckily coincided with the Mace family’s desire to retire. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent