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Seymour hires two new assistant principals

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[email protected] Two Seymour Community School Corp. schools have started 2021-22 with new assistant principals. Monica Notestine of Columbus has filled the position at the Seymour Middle...

New Seymour-Redding administrators are familiar faces

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[email protected] With a track and field background, it’s no surprise Aaron Floyd describes his new role at Seymour-Redding Elementary School using terms from that sport. The...

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...

Sustainable farming, scholarship winners part of Ag Breakfast

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[email protected] The guest speaker during this year’s annual Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ag Breakfast spoke about sustainable farming, climate change and the impact on...

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...

Local teen reflects on reign with camping club

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All 18 years of her life, Macey Stuckwisch of Brownstown has been a member of Family Campers and RVers. The nonprofit organization's mission statement is...

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,...