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8/16 Highlight Zone – Scrimmage Games
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Highlight Zone will return for its 30th season covering high school sports in northeast Indiana next Friday night, but the tune-up for the 2024 prep football season took place this week as teams all across the state hosted scrimmage games on August 16.
Indiana State Department of Agriculture awards Hoosier Homestead Awards
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - On Wednesday, 103 Indiana farm families were presented with Hoosier Homestead Awards at the Indiana State Fair from Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb. Of those 103 Indiana farm families, 14 are from 21Country. The Hoosier Homestead Award Program honors Indiana’s agricultural heritage...
Indiana high school football preview: Class A predictions, top players in Indy-area
Lutheran is gone. The three-time defending Class A champions moved up to 2A. So did Adams Central, which lost to Lutheran the past three years in the state finals. So, at the least, we know there will be two different teams in the state championship for the first time since 2020. Here are three games that will shape Class A this season and a look at the local teams in the class: ...
READI-made Housing Solutions Advancing Quality of Life in Indiana
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation joined local and regional officials in Delphi to break ground on Bowen Estates, a new single family residential subdivision being supported by matching funds from Indiana’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI). Governor Eric J. Holcomb established the $1.25 billion READI program in...
New State-of-the-Art Indoor Pickleball Courts Coming to Indiana
Pickleball Kingdom, the world's largest indoor pickleball court operator, has announced a significant expansion into Indiana. Pickleball is rapidly becoming one of America's fastest-growing sports, and its popularity continues to surge. Personally, I've never played, having next to no athletic ability. That said, everyone I know who does play absolutely loves it. According to Sports Imports, the game involves using paddles and a perforated plastic ball, blending aspects of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. USA Pickleball notes that the sport was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island and is played on a court the same size as a doubles badminton court.
Marion County voting event doubles as a call to action, as low voter turnout persists
Indiana consistently ranks in the bottom of voter participation and turnout. A recent event held on the anniversary of the 59th signing of the Voter Rights Act doubled as a call to action. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices that included poll taxes and literacy tests...
Deli meat listeria outbreak in Indiana & 12 other states kills 3 and sickens dozens
A listeria outbreak linked to deli meats has sickened at least one person in Indiana and dozens more across the country, prompting a lawsuit from a Minnesota pregnant woman who said she almost lost her unborn child after getting sick. Three people have died since health officials began tracking the outbreak in July....
There are Just 5 Rural Southern Michigan Counties Without an Interstate Highway
Southern Michigan is the most populated region of the state, so it's no surprise that the most interstate highways crisscross this portion of the state. Interstates 94 and 96 run west to east and I-69 and I-75 are north-south (until I-69 hits Lansing and changes orientation). Add in I-196 up the lakeshore and you will find nearly all counties in the southern portion of the state have interstate highways.
Secret Service Warns Michigan Residents of ‘Smishing’ Text Scam
Even for all the experience we have using them, our cell phones can serve as a direct link to unwanted trouble in an instant. Click the wrong link and you'll end up having a bad week or month. Scams are older than the internet and text messages, but they are...
Louisville, Notre Dame’s Week 5 opponent, loses key offensive contributor
Notre Dame football isn’t the only team dealing with preseason injuries. Louisville, the Irish’s Week 5 opposition, has lost one of its expected major contributors at wide receiver, Caullin Lacy, to a broken collar bone. He’s is believed to missing the first 6-8 weeks of the season according to a report by Pat Forde.
Volunteer work needed to help horses help kids
THREE OAKS, Mich. -- The Spring Creek Horses Help Foundation is recruiting volunteers to help assist in teaching children how to ride horses. The foundation will hold its new volunteer training from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 7. Spring Creek Horses Help Foundation is a nonprofit organization that...
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