Fort Wayne City Council had no trouble at its Jan. 25 meeting voting in favor of a bill that would change the way the city selects its trash and recycling providers.
KENDALLVILLE — Kendallville now officially has an architect hired to design its $2 million facade project downtown and at a cost significantly lower than the original number floated for design services.
KENDALLVILLE — The Top 10 have been picked.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s unemployment rate fell from 3.0% in November to 2.7% in December — a record low for the state dating back to 1976, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
AUBURN — The recent turmoil in city government has left one city department void of full-time personnel as of late last week.
The Allen County treasurer’s report on investment activity in 2021 provided a snapshot of how the current economy is affecting Allen County.
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Individual income tax filing opens Jan. 24
City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Fort Wayne Police Department Police Chief Steve Reed and Fort Wayne Fire Department Fire Chief Eric Lahey provided a public safety recap for 2021 and announced plans for 2022 on Jan. 19.
Fort Wayne’s beleaguered trash hauler, Red River Waste Solutions, likely will continue to provide trash pickup for the city for the next 4-6 months as the city seeks a new trash hauler with the financial wherewithal and management capability to take over.
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AUBURN — Two weeks after being appointed chief of the Auburn Police Department, Corey Heffelfinger received more recognition from the city during Jan. 13’s Board of Works and Public Safety meeting.
COLUMBIA CITY — Titus Group, the world’s leader in supplying high-volume cabinet hardware components, recently announced the acquisition of Precision Plastics in Columbia City.
The city of Fort Wayne on Jan. 18 highlighted its proactive investments in neighborhood infrastructure, particularly sidewalks.
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AUBURN — Visions, dreams and potential future growth opportunities fill the large wooden table inside Mayor Mike Ley’s office off 9th Street inside City Hall.
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GRABILL — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Souder has announced that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
ANGOLA — When officials with the Indiana Sheriff’s Association gathered Jan. 13, one of the topics on their Zoom legislative conference was handgun permit fee reimbursements — or the lack thereof.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Wayne residents have the opportunity to provide input on which phrases from King’s speech in Fort Wayne on June 5, 1963, resonate most with them. Their votes will support the development of Pillars of Hope and Justice monument honoring the 6…
Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Michelle Chambers marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day by reminding Rotarians of the city’s past connection to the slain Civil Rights leader, the importance of Americans to exercise their right to vote, and the need to have a diverse city.
Fort Wayne City Councilmen Russ Jehl and Tom Didier held a briefing Jan. 14 at Citizens Square to address ongoing concerns and issues surrounding Red River Waste Solutions' trash and recycling pickups.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Jan. 13 issued the 6-3 decision to block OSHA’s COVID–19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard, meaning the case now goes for review to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
AUBURN — A tie vote by the DeKalb County Council to grant an abatement to Auburn Renewables for its solar farm project on C.R. 19 could possibly deter future solar development in DeKalb County.
Northbound and southbound lanes of Landin Road — a major north-south route in New Haven — are open again as a related construction project continues.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb’s mind is on the money — money in the forms of business growth, economic expansion and community development.
As if the city of Fort Wayne’s problems with Red River Waste Solutions aren’t bad enough, now the rapid spread of COVID-19 is making them worse. The city sent out a news release Jan. 11 that said 32% of Red River’s drivers are out sick.
The city of Fort Wayne said Jan. 11 that it continues to experience delays with the collection of garbage and recycling materials by Red River Waste Solutions, but the pandemic is adding to the problems.
The Allen County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 10 announced that George Smith has been chosen as the county’s new building commissioner.
Hours after President Joe Biden’s OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-test-result mandate went into effect Jan. 10, the Supreme Court still had not issued its ruling on the matter.
Allen County commissioners Jan. 7 unanimously approved rezoning from A1 agricultural to R1 single-family residential for two parcels of land located southwest.
HUNTINGTON — A northeast Indiana radio personality and digital media producer is entering the race for Indiana’s 3rd District seat in Congress, running as a Democrat to potentially challenge Republican incumbent Jim Banks.
Purdue University Fort Wayne’s next Omnibus Speaker Series lecture featuring Monica Lewinsky, originally set for Jan. 25, will be rescheduled.
With the city of Fort Wayne's contracted garbage and recycling hauler going through bankruptcy, Mayor Tom Henry and City Council members are looking at ways to seek a request for proposals to replace the company. However, it will take a law change by the Indiana General Assembly to do that.
ALBION — An official vote won’t come until February, but following a public hearing Jan. 3, the Noble County Council seemed inclined to go with a wheel tax proposal that would give the county the most bang for government grant bucks.
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STATEHOUSE — Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, on the opening day of the Indiana General Assembly’s short session announced the Senate Republican Caucus’s legislative priorities.
AUBURN — Hoosiers will be receiving $125 tax refund checks next year, but state Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, wants to do more.
ANGOLA — Steuben County Commissioners finalized redistricting of Steuben County Council and Board of Commissioners districts in their final meeting of the year Dec. 31.
INDIANAPOLIS — On the eve of the next Indiana General Assembly opening, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announced his 2022 Next Level Agenda, which focuses on strengthening the state’s economy and focusing on areas that support that growth, including workforce training expansion, improving early childh…
The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department is providing an update on the department’s 2021 capital improvement projects and programs. Over 100 projects were completed in 2021 and the city of Fort Wayne invested approximately $3 million in Parks and Recreation Department improvements this year.
Let’s just get this out of the way. Will Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry run for another term?
ALBION — Over the last five years, Noble County has made serious strides in improving overall road quality and replacing expensive bridges at the end of their lifespan, and the Noble County Highway Department doesn’t want to lose that momentum.
Mayor Tom Henry announced Dec. 22 that, with the leadership and help from the city of Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services, $50,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding will now go toward efforts to again help provide overnight accommodations for individual…
GARRETT — The Judith A. Morrill Recreation Center is one of several agencies that received grants from the Indiana Department of Education, announced Dec. 27.
WATERLOO — The Waterloo Town Council on Dec. 21 approved a tax abatement resolution for Nucor Building Systems in a continuation of its Dec. 14 session at the Historic Depot.
Red River Waste Solutions continues to collect and dispose of Fort Wayne residents’ garbage after the city sent a letter seeking to terminate its contract.
East Central Fire/EMS Protection Territory will begin serving residents of Adams, Milan, Maumee and Jefferson townships, with improved overall coverage for fire and EMS services, on Jan. 1. The new territory is a merger of the Woodburn and New Haven fire departments with emphasis on improved…
An effort to repeal a portion of Fort Wayne’s code that deals with sexually oriented businesses failed to pass by City Council on Dec. 21.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Unemployment in Indiana hit a 20-year low this month as rates have continued to fall across the state and the local region, with jobless rates now under 2% in the four-county area.
Melissa Rinehart has announced her candidacy for state representative of Indiana’s 82nd district in the May 3 primary.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following statement following the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision to dissolve the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rule implementing the Biden Administration’…
At Fort Wayne City Council’s Dec. 14 meeting, members unanimously approved funding for the Martin Luther King Jr. public monument to be located at Berry and Ewing streets, on the University of Saint Francis property.
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