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LAGRANGE – LaGrange County now has a roadmap for care and maintenance of its hundreds of miles of county roads.

Northeast Indiana’s population grew slightly

Clean up, power restoration, storm damage assessment from Thursdays storm continues

Ignore the upbeat takes coming out of northeast Indiana regional development folks — the reality is rural northeast Indiana’s population is fading.

LAGRANGE — After canceling its show last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Northeast Indiana Steam and Gas Association of LaGrange is gearing up for its members hope will

State police investigating shooting

Allen County remained in the cautionary category in Wednesdays update of the states COVID-19 prevalence.

Credit Screenshot of the Indiana Department of Health Three deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in northeast Indiana on Tuesday--two in Allen County and one in LaGrange County.   The area’s 7-day positivity rate is now up to 7.4 percent, the highest since February, according to the Indiana Department of Health.      There are nearly 1,000 Hoosiers hospitalized with the virus, and those sick with COVID now make up over 10 percent of the state’s ICU beds.   The state’s vaccination tot...

LAGRANGE — A Howe man on Monday was arrested and charged with money laundering, a Level 6 felony, for allegedly extorting a large sum of cash from a local Amish man. Roberto Alvez, 40, of the 4800 block of S.R. 9 North, Howe, was arrested and taken into custody by the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department. Documents filed with the LaGrange Superior Court said, Alvez is accused of sending a threatening letter in July 2020 to a local Amish man he was familiar with. In that letter, Alvez ...

HOWE — It’s going to get a lot easier to see all of the plants and animals that make Pine Knob Park just east of Howe the amazing place that it is, as work crews work toward completing a new walking trail through the wildest part of the park. LaGrange County Parks and Recreation Department construction crews are extending the park’s existing trail through the park’s oak savanna, upland prairies and the Duff Lake wetland. The at-points elevated walking trail will allow visito...