Sunday, March 30, 2025
Arrest Records
The following arrests were reported by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on March 13: Reginald Tyler, 36, was arrested by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office for an outstanding warrant. The following arrests were reported by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on March 14:...
Keeping notifications in newspapers benefits public as well as journalism
Imagine this scenario: You awake one morning to see huge spaceships hovering over your neighborhood. In your front yard, someone from another planet is holding a clipboard as he gives orders to a demolition crew. Demolition? Yes — his job...
Arrests–
The following arrests were reported by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on March 6: Chad Allen Jackson, 48, was arrested by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of failure to appear warrant. The following arrests were reported by LaGrange County...
Arrest Records
The following arrests were reported by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on February 26: Tori Brown, 32, Albion, was arrested by LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of operating vehicle with suspended registration. Carl Harris, 47, was arrested by LaGrange...
Northeast Indiana lawmakers: New road funding heads to local communities
STATEHOUSE (March 6, 2025) – Indiana’s Community Crossings Matching Grant Program awarded local communities over $11.1 million in state funding for local road and bridge projects, according to Northeast Indiana legislators. The Community Crossings Matching Grant Program provides local communities...
MYERS CHOSES TRINE—
Prairie Heights cross country and track standout Ashlynn Myers (seated center) has chosen to further her running and academic careers at Trine University in Angola starting this fall. Seated alongside Myers are her father Tim Myers and her mother Terri...
NECC names top girls wrestlers
Lakeland and Prairie Heights each landed three slots on the inaugural All-NECC girls wrestling first team in a vote by the league’s coaches held last week. Naomi Arroyo, Emily Strahm and Kylee Waldron earned the honor for the Lady Lakers....
The Ark Animal Rescue and Adoption
Dear Friends, I think my town mom is… shall we say strange? This is what she did this week. There is this robin that likes the big picture window. I know it’s a robin because its my window she likes....
The Saga of the Krider World’s Fair Garden Sunrise Bench
The Sunrise Bench has been a feature of Krider World’s Fair Garden since the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair, but it hasn’t received the photographic coverage as has the Toadstool Tea House or the Dutch Windmill. This is the story of...
Who Needs Luck When You Have Unique Abilities?
We never know how todress during March in northern Indiana. Will it be warm or cold? Will it be snowing, raining, or will there be sunshine? One thing we know is to expect the unexpected. March also brings to mind...
Plan for Aquatic Weed Control Now!
If you have concerns about aquatic weeds in your pond or lake or along a shoreline during the summer, now is the time to be planning your management strategy for 2025. Why now? First, aquatic weed growth is very temperature...
The Springtime Itch
“Moooooommm…how many days until spring break??” My son has asked me that question on more than one occasion in the past week. He is an active second grader ready to break free from his school routine for a bit of...
Does Nature Have Rights?
One of our local library’s book clubs is “Let’s Talk About It.” It is a theme-based book club with a different topic for fall and spring. This spring our topic is trees. We’re reading two fiction and two non-fiction books,...
Collaboration is King
I first met him last year on one of our “Willing to Work Tours.” He was outgoing, funny, and engaging, and he earnestly wanted to greet me and know more about the place we were touring. He asked questions, was...
Bird Flu: Ducks, Cats, and a Virus
Driving down a county road last week, I watched as 3 mallard ducks zipped across the sky and began a steep, curving decent to a point just ahead. What had caught their attention? In a hundred yards, I saw two...