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FIVE IMPD OFFICERS CHARGED AS STATE BEGINS ENFORCING SURVEILLANCE POLICIES. · SUMMER NATIONALS QUALIFIER THEA BIKE VERBALLY COMMITS TO INDIANA FOR FALL 2028 · MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · IVY TECH BLOOMINGTON WINS BEST PLACES TO WORK AWARD FOR SECOND TIME · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · VOLUNTEER GROUP HAILED BY GOVERNOR FOR MASSIVE NORTHWEST INDIANA STORM CLEANUP EFFORT · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · MILLHOUSEN CHURCH FESTIVAL BACK FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · D.C. INSIDER TAKES BUSINESS LEADERS TO CAPITAL · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · FROM BBQ BOLOGNA TO HOT HONEY CHICKEN, FISHERS EVENT CENTER SPICES UP FALL MENU · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · THE HARVEST MOON, AKA 'FALLING LEAVES MOON,' SHINES OVER INDIANA SOON · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · NEW INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH HOSPITAL ROUGHLY A YEAR AWAY FROM COMPLETION · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · CHRIS WHITE | BUILDING A STRONGER UNITED WAY FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · SYCAMORES CONTINUE MVC ROAD SLATE AT VALPARAISO · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · BUC-EE’S IS COMING TO INDIANA · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · INDIANA CHAMBER ANNOUNCES 2026 ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER HONOREES ·

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