State and Local News

In what’s being called a “solutions tour” across Indiana, Senator Mike Braun is making several stops over the next 4 days. Braun will visit Tipton on Tuesday morning, stopping by the Tipton ...Read more

The latest U.S. Census of Agriculture puts Indiana in the top 10 in the nation for total ag products sold. The recently-released report also noted that, in 2017, the average size farm in the state ...Read more

Indiana Wesleyan University’s 2 management principles business classes raised nearly 2,000 dollars for the Grant County Rescue Mission. Since 2010, these students have raised over 38,000 dollars ...Read more

Gas City Mayor Larry Leach says that Walnut Creek Outdoors of Gas City will be occupying the former K-mart building under a new lease. Details are still sketchy at this time, but Mayor Leach says ...Read more

An opportunity to move closer to family has prompted Madison County’s Chamber of Commerce executive director Dirk Webb to resign his position. Webb’s final day is June 10th.  He will then ...Read more

All efforts have apparently failed to keep a Peru plant from closing its doors. Today’s Kokomo Tribune reports that Schneider Electric still plans to shut down its’ Miami County facility, ...Read more

Libertarian and political newcomer Michael Virgin is running for mayor of Kokomo. The 49 year old Virgin, who moved to Kokomo in 2016, has been critical of the current administration’s handling ...Read more

Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will be campaigning in northwest Indiana this weekend. The Vermont Senator will be at the Genesis Center in Gary Saturday morning at 9:15 to meet with community ...Read more