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BUTLER — With a 3-0 vote, Butler’s Economic Development Commission Friday recommended that Therma-Tru be granted 10-year tax abatements for a planned $43.6 million expansion of its facility at 601 R.E. Jones Road. The recommendation now goes to Butler’s City Council, which will consider the request at its meeting Monday. The three-member EDC board — Jay Jacobs, Dawn Mason and president Rick Walters — all voted in favor of the abatements. Therma-Tru plans to build a 23,000-square-foot addition to its facility at the south end of Butler to house new manufacturing equipm...

Angola bicyclist struck, killed by dump truck ANGOLA — Retired school teacher and Trine University administrator Susah Stroh, 67, of Angola, died from injuries sustained when the bicycle she was riding was struck by a dump truck Tuesday afternoon on Wendell Jacob Avenue near Glendarin Golf Course in Angola. Police said Stroh was struck by a Steuben County Highway Department dump truck, driven by Jared Perkins, 43, of Montgomery, Michigan. Alcohol and drugs are not suspected in the crash. The crash remains under investigation, according to the Angola Police Department. Kendallville shooti...