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Salt Creek Valley showcase planned for Sept. 12-18

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Staff Reports Monroe Lake is planning its first Salt Creek Valley History Week from Sept. 12 to 18. Salt Creek Valley is the name for the...

Shields gymnasium joins Indiana Landmarks Most Endangered list

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Indiana Landmarks announced Monday the 10 Most Endangered, an annual list of Hoosier landmarks in jeopardy. The James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium at 404-418 W....

Medora welcomes five new teachers

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[email protected] MEDORA Combined grade levels are a thing of the past for Medora STEM Academy. Preschool through fifth grade now are all separate classes, resulting in Medora...

Black bears show their furry heads in Indiana

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Lew Freedman [email protected] It is not as if black bears are colonizing Indiana, but at about a rate of one per year recently, they have made...

Three years after fire, Crothersville church finally being rebuilt

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CROTHERSVILLE Pastor Jerry Miles normally wouldn't like seeing demolition equipment around his church. But this is an exception. On the morning of June 3, 2018, he stood...

Seymour BZA approves variances for 202-unit apartment complex

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[email protected] Before dirt can be moved to make way for a 202-unit apartment complex in the 500 block of South Fourth Street Road in Seymour,...

Local teen uses birthday money to help those in need

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[email protected] Most years for his birthday July 31, Gabriel Poole asks for gift cards so he can buy what he wants. This year, though, he focused...

Trinity Lutheran senior named 2022 Distinguished Young Woman

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[email protected] BROWNSTOWN During the interview portion of the contest Saturday afternoon, Sarah Lemming told the judges she wanted to be a role model to the community. No...

10th Dinner on the Bridge draws 300

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Mitchell Banks [email protected] The longest covered bridge in the United States received 300 visitors on Aug. 7 night. The event was the 10th Dinner on the Bridge,...

Seymour Class of 1970 encourages others to join in on fundraising effort

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The Seymour Senior High School Class of 1970's 50-year reunion was pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that gave class...