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The Fort Wayne metropolitan areas jobless rate ticked up to 4.5% in January.

Several booked into LaGrange County Jail LAGRANGE — Several people were booked into the LaGrange County Jail from Tuesday, March 9, through Monday, March 15, according to jail records. Thomas Ritchie, 56, of the 10000 block of Eagle Island Road, Rome City, was arrested Tuesday, March 9, by Wolcottville police on charges of operating while intoxicated, operating while intoxicated-endangerment and operating while intoxicated with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.15%. Ritchie posted bond ...

INDIANAPOLIS — More than two-thirds of Indiana remains in blue ratings for COVID-19 spread this week, but northeast Indiana is one of the few places where spread is rated a little higher. With the exception of Noble and Kosciusko counties, everywhere else in the northeast and north central portion of the state are in yellow. Still, yellows and blue remain the two best ratings for COVID-19 spread and the state remains at its best overall position on the metrics to date. This week, the state...

The Fort Wayne MSAs jobless rate ticked up to 4.5% in January, compared to 4.3% in December, according to data released today by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

Automobile museum receives major grant

ANGOLA — Being able to send her daughter to a quality day care facility and remain in the workforce has always been important to Hayley Smoker.

Northeast Indiana’s COVID-19 numbers end the week in much the same place as they began it: a 7-day positivity rate under 5 percent, with continuing

INDIANAPOLIS — The four-county area recorded five COVID-19 deaths over the past week in Steuben, DeKalb and Noble counties.

LAGRANGE – With construction season just around the corner, Mark Leu, the CEO of LaGrange County REMC, said his staff is busy making preparations to begin building a new fiber-optic network that will bring high-speed internet to rural LaGrange County. “We’re gearing up for construction,” Leu said. “We’re in the process of lining up contractors and completing the final design and procuring all the materials. At this point, we’re looking at starting construction...

LAGRANGE — Jim Young, a LaGrange County native and area businessman, was elected by the Republican Party Thursday night to take over the open seat on the LaGrange County Council. That seat opened when former county council president, Peter Cook was elected at a Republican Party caucus last month to fill the open seat on the LaGrange County Board of Commissioners. Young was one of five people vying for the open seat. Those candidates included LaGrange businessman Joe Billman, former Lakelan...