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ANGOLA — Twenty police cruisers and an ambulance responded to the Angola High School Friday afternoon in response to an alleged intruder while others converged on the Fremont High School.

ANGOLA —It can get a little noisy and dusty these days at the Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County as renovation work continues. Renovations in the basement are coming along well, and Director Sonya Dintaman said they anticipate the construction portion of the work to be done sometime in May. The project, which was started last fall, includes three new meeting rooms with partitions that can make the space one large room, capable of accommodating around 150 people. Also in the project ...

Copy URL High school juniors and seniors are starting to be vaccinated against COVID-19—a watershed moment in the pandemic for schools. “It felt like the turning point,” said Jonathan Denny, a 17-year-old high school junior in New Orleans, who received his first vaccine dose last month. “We used to be so afraid, we were bleaching all of our groceries and never seeing anyone, but now it feels like, wow, maybe in a few months I can kind of have my old life back again.” , and most ot...

ANGOLA — The Metropolitan School District of Steuben County committed an unfair labor practice by interfering with the collective bargaining rights of Angola’s public schools teachers union, a state board has ruled. The Indiana Education Employment Relations Board has ordered the district to cease and desist from interfering with or coercing employees who are freely exercising their right to participate in collective bargaining, said a recommended order handed down Tuesday. The IEERB�...

ANGOLA — Parents and guardians of Angola High School students that are failing at virtual learning are being ordered to send their kids back to school before the month is over. High schoolers who failed or are currently failing at least one class will now have to return to school for in-person instruction before or on March 29, said a letter the high school recently sent to those families. Students may remain virtual for health reasons, but parents who fail to comply with the new policy co...

ANGOLA — The Metropolitan School District of Steuben County will finish the week with virtual learning due to the continued spread of COVID-19. School administrators decided Monday afternoon that due to staffing issues and increasing numbers of students and staff quarantined, virtual learning would start immediately at Angola High School. Angola Middle School and the four elementary schools will have e-learning Wednesday through Friday. “It was not an easy decision but out of an abund...