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Advocates for marijuana legalization are making their voices heard at the Statehouse but remain wary to put cash toward a lobbying push in the Indiana General Assembly.
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For Valparaiso University junior Ashley Vernon, a visual media arts major, news that the university plans to sell three cornerstone works from the Brauer Museum of Art to raise funds to renovate dorms for first-year students was just another thing that makes her feel as if the university is increasingly pushing arts programing to the side.
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Washington Township High School sophomore Sam Stokes was settled in at the Porter County Career and Technical Education main campus in Valparaiso to hear what precision machining instructor Greg Carmack had to say, flanked by his parents.
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January 2021 was the first time the Ogden Dunes Polar Plunge had to be canceled due to COVID-19 — with a smaller event held as a precaution to kick off 2022 — so a return to normalcy brought an increase in interest this year as dozens of participants willingly ran into the cold water of Lake Michigan in celebration.
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Indiana State Police warned drivers to stay off the interstate, if possible, particularly heading east into Michigan, until crashes, winds and subzero temperatures passed.