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Orland Firefighters To Pay Off Pie Auction Bet With Speedo Truck Wash April 18
(FREMONT) - A friendly wager tied to this year's WLKI Pie Auction is about to come due in very public fashion.The Orland Fire Department says its firefighters will head to the Fremont Fire Department on Saturday, April 18 at noon to make good on the losing end of a chiefs' challenge made during t...
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Pioneer Firefighters Walkout - Residents Questioning Emergency Coverage
(PIONEER) - People in Pioneer are waking up with serious questions about whether fire and EMS crews will be there if the next emergency call comes in.A major walkout during a village council meeting has left the community's fire department facing a staffing crisis after Fire Chief Rodger Swank de...
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Trine Junior Olivia Parker Named 500 Festival Princess
(ANGOLA) - A Trine University student will help represent one of Indiana's signature traditions this spring.The university says Olivia Parker, a junior from Lebanon majoring in exercise science, has been selected as a 2026 500 Festival Princess.Each year, 33 college-aged women from across Indiana...
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Two Hurt In DeKalb County Intersection Crash
(DEKALB COUNTY) - Two passengers were taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday evening at County Road 19 and County Road 40.The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened around 6:42.Investigators say 76-year-old Linda Jackson of Huntertown was driving a 2022 Chevrolet ...
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Braun Signs Indiana Environmental Code Rewrite As Critics Warn Of Oversight Risks
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Governor Mike Braun has signed Senate Enrolled Act 277 into law, finalizing a sweeping rewrite of Indiana's environmental code that supporters say will cut outdated paperwork and speed permitting, while critics warn the changes could weaken oversight and pollution response. The n...
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Trine Overwatch Team Reaches National Final Four Invitational
(ANGOLA) - Trine University's Overwatch esports team has qualified for the first ECAC National Founders Invitational, a national four-team championship event set for May 15 through 17 in San Antonio, Texas.Selections were based on combined performance across the fall and spring Division I seasons...
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Trine Creates New Dean Role For Student And Community Relations
(ANGOLA) - Trine University has named Cisco Ortiz as its new dean of student and community relations.The newly created position makes Ortiz the senior liaison between the university, students, parents and community stakeholders, while also serving as the first point of contact for outside organiz...
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Trine Music Program Sets Free Concerts For April 18 And 19
(ANGOLA) - Trine University's Music Program will present two free concerts next weekend at the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.The Chamber Orchestra performs Saturday, April 18, followed by the Big Band and Jazz Combo on Sunday, April 19.Both concerts begin at 3 in the afternoon in Ryan Conce...
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Free Summer Learning Labs Return Across Indiana For Reading And Math Support
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Free summer reading and math instruction is returning across Indiana through the Summer Learning Labs program.The five-week program is open to students entering grades one through nine after summer break and combines daily academic instruction with enrichment activities.State edu...
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The Star: DeKalb Historian on Outhouse Hunt - Searching For Surviving WPA Structures
(AUBURN) - DeKalb County Historian Mary Diehl is asking residents to help locate surviving Works Progress Administration outhouses built during the Great Depression, according to a story in The Star newspaper.The small structures were part of a nationwide sanitation effort in the 1930s and early ...
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