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By Jim Measel Aug 1, 2021 | 8:42 PM NOBLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Two persons were arrested Saturday following a chase on numerous Noble Township secondary roads and bean fields before it ended in a dense wooded area. Branch County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Chaos captured the driver after the long chase. Branch County Sheriff’s Department Undersheriff Keith Eichler said in a news release that deputies attempted to stop a vehicle on Dutch School Road near Sielkens Road but th...

Several booked into LaGrange County Jail LAGRANGE — Several people were booked into the LaGrange County Jail from Friday, July 16, through Thursday, according to jail records. Chance Ogle, 25, of the 7400 block of North C.R. 1000W, Orland, was booked Friday, July 16, to serve a sentence relating to an original charge of driving while suspended. Nicholas Coburn, 35, of the 1600 block of South Road, Garrett, was arrested Friday, July 16, by LaGrange County police on a warrant charging failur...

Credit Screenshot of the Indiana Department of Health Most of northeast Indiana has fallen out of the state’s best category for COVID-19 spread, marking the continued spread of the coronavirus in Indiana as vaccine rates have slowed down. There were three deaths reported in the area as well on Wednesday, one each in Allen, Huntington and Whitley counties. Indiana’s case total was up over 700 for the second day in a row, and the 7-day positivity rate stands at 5.2 percent. Indiana does now h...

LAGRANGE — Ohio-based fiberglass door manufacturer Therma-Tru has announced it’s moved a product distribution line to LaGrange from this Howe facility. The company is now leasing space in the former Dometic plant in LaGrange. A company spokesperson said the move will expand the company’s payroll in LaGrange County payroll by about 40 jobs. Cassy Davis, senior director of Human Resources for Therma-Tru, acknowledged the company is now operating a product distribution line once hou...

Credit Photo Illustration by WBOI The highly-contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 now makes up 74.2 percent of all new COVID cases in Indiana.   That number is up more than 48 percent since last month, according to the Indiana Department of Health.   In Indiana on Monday, there were 285 new cases reported and a statewide 7-day positivity rate of 4.8 percent.   Throughout northeast Indiana, there were 45 new cases reported and the area’s positivity rate for the past 7-days is now at 6.4 per...

Indiana passes 50% vaccination mark INDIANAPOLIS — Just over half of Hoosiers age 12 and older are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but northeast Indiana remains behind the curve. As of Friday, 2.89 million Hoosiers have completed either a two-dose Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or received a single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, putting the state at 50.66% of its eligible population of just over 5.7 million fully vaccinated. Northeast Indiana, by comparison, still lags the state by a fa...

Several booked into LaGrange County Jail LAGRANGE — Several people were booked into the LaGrange County Jail from Tuesday through Thursday, according to jail records. Jerry Burkhead, 47, of the 4100 block of North C.R. 245E, Howe, was arrested Tuesday by LaGrange County police on a warrant charging non-support. Belle Gose, 26, of the 15900 block of Portage Road, Vicksburg, Michigan, was arrested Tuesday by LaGrange town police on charges of possession of a legend drug and possession of a h...

Published 5 hours ago • Updated 5 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. While most of Indiana is still seeing low positivity rates and steadily low levels of new COVID cases, one northwest Indiana county is seeing large spikes in both categories, with one of the state’s lowest vaccination rates potentially serving as a catalyst for the increases. According to the latest data from the Indiana State Department of Health, Newton County is seeing an average of 107 new cases per 100,000 residents ea...

Credit Screenshot of the Indiana Department of Health DeKalb, LaGrange, Wells and Wabash counties are all back in the state’s second-best category for community spread of COVID-19.   And northeast Indiana’s 7-day positivity rate is up to 5.5 percent, having been down to 1.7 percent less than a month ago.   LaGrange County remains the most vaccine-resistant county in the state, stuck at 23.1 percent. They are also facing among the fastest-rising positivity rates, now at 9.8 percent.   DeK...

LAGRANGE — After decades of helping others, the Clothes and Food Basket of LaGrange County is looking for a little help from the community to improve its parking. The nonprofit organization that helps feed and clothe those in need wants to make an improvement to its front parking lot, getting rid of the limestone and replacing it with concrete. The group was able to pour a concrete driveway for the facility when it was built to help steer trucks to its loading dock. But the parking lot whe...