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Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Thursday establishing a five-member appointed school board for the Gary Community School Corp., giving the district its first taste of local control since 2017.

Republican Jon Costas, who had four consecutive terms as Valparaiso mayor following his time on Valparaiso City Council, defeated party competitor Art Elwood Tuesday, and will now face Democrat Hannah Trueblood, making history as the first woman on the ballot to run for mayor of Valparaiso in the November election.

Two long-time politicos and former allies are going toe-to-toe over who will be the city of East Chicago’s next Democratic mayoral candidate while two Republican candidates battle for their party’s nomination for the November ballot.

Indiana University Northwest lecturer Lin Wozniewski has worked the Science Olympiad at all levels a time or two, so her instructions tend to have an extra flourish.