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Lakeland Intermediate School fifth- and sixth-grade students performed on Dec. 15 in the musical performance of a 1940s Christmas Eve radio broadcast. Classrooms sang holiday favorites, the Choirflies performed and other students had acting parts as part of the program.

Two dead in Scott

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Detectives from the Indiana State Police are investigating two deaths at a rural LaGrange County residence. Shortly before 8 a.m. Monday, the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a citizen concerned about the welfare of the people at 7035 N. C.R. 675W, in Scott, northeast of Shipshewana. Deputies discovered two dead people, confirmed by the LaGrange County Coroner’s […]

DNR raises hunting, fishing license costs

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For the first time since 2006, Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish & Wildlife has increased fees for hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses. Commercial license fees also increase, some for the first time since the 1980s. The increases will be applied to personal licenses starting with the 2022- 2023 license year (April 1 through March 31, 2023) that […]

Purdue Extension offers virtual spring Master Gardener class

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The spring Purdue Extension Master Gardener class will be held on Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 1 and run through May 3. To accommodate for the COVID-19 pandemic, Master Gardener classes will be held online. The Purdue Extension Master Gardener class is a volunteer training program designed to teach people a wide array of information about growing plants. In exchange for the […]

Weather Watch

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The National Weather Service is predicting a rainy Christmas weekend. Friday will have a 50% chance of rain, mainly after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Christmas Day will have a 30% chance of rain after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, holding the week’s high near 51. Sunday will have a 30% chance of rain after 1 p.m. Mostly […]

Bruce Woodworth

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Bruce Allen Woodworth, 58, of Stroh, died Friday, December 17, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Bruce was born on August 7, 1963, in LaGrange to Delbert Maxwell and Lucille Mae (Clark) Woodworth. On December 27, 1985, in Casa Grande, AZ he married Cindy Wallace; Mrs. Woodworth survives in Stroh. Living for many years in the area, […]

Gaven Stubblefield

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Gaven H. Stubblefield Gaven H. Stubblefield, born April 20, 2002, age 19, of Bristol passed away of natural causes at 11:10 pm on Saturday, December 18, at his residence. Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury is in charge of arrangements.

Ashley Hargrove

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Ashley Lynn Conklin Hargrove, born October 6, 1985, 36, of Shipshewana passed away on December 20, 2021. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the 2 p.m. funeral service on Monday, December 27, 2021 at Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, 1003 South Main St. Middlebury. Memorials may be given to the in memory of Ashley Conklin Hargrove Memorial Fund at […]

Births

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Dec. 21 Harley and Loranna (Miller) Bontrager, Shipshewana, a boy Lyndon Dale. Wayne and Marilyn (Lambright) Yoder, Rome City, a boy Brian Wayne.

Did you know?

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Comic books have inspired countless Hollywood blockbusters over the last 20 years, but even the most devoted comic book fan may not recognize just how influential the genre was more than a half century ago. Comic books and the Civil Rights Movement may seem like an unlikely pairing, but History.com notes that a 1957 comic book titled “Martin Luther King […]