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View Comments MUNCIE, Ind. — In an effort to help mitigate teacher turnover, the Muncie Community School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a wage increase for teachers totaling $1,346,900 for the district. Board member Dave Heeter, a member of the CEO Committee for Compensation, brought the recommendation to the table, thanking the most recent Indiana Legislature for the possibility of the salary increase. "That legislation encourages us to keep increasing pay for teachers, something we’ve been able to do over the last couple of years," Heeter said during the meeting. "But I think ...

March 26, 2021 Ball State University’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal during Friday’s meeting to dedicate Ginn Woods as a state nature preserve. President Geoffrey S. Mearns will sign the proposal and send the application to the Indiana Natural Resources Commission for approval on May 18. Owned and maintained by Ball State, Ginn Woods is Indiana’s second-largest protected old-growth forest. The land is 161 acres and is the largest and highest quality woodland in East Central Indiana. Ginn Woods is located along the Mississinewa River corridor in a predominantly agricultural and u...