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City of Battle Creek Removes Irving Park Indian Statue You might not have noticed, but the Native American statue at Irving Park is gone.   City crews removed it earlier this week, by order of City Manager Rebecca Fleury.  The six-foot-tall statue has been on a five-foot-tall fieldstone pedestal, just a few hundred feet away from the nearly 500-year-old white Oak at Irving Park for the last 56 years. Fleury said there are several reasons for having the statue moved into storage.  Paint is peeling badly from it and Fleury said she’d heard from several citizens and city staff over the pas...

Cinco de Mayo is Actually Bigger in the U.S. Than it is in Mexico You know it’s a good week when you get two holidays back-to-back.  Obviously, yesterday being Star Wars day and today is Cinco de Mayo.  Now, there are a few misconceptions about Cinco de Mayo.  One is that it is the day Mexico celebrates its Independence Day.  Not true. That happens on September 16.  Another misconception is that Cinco de Mayo in Mexico is as big of a deal as it is in the United States.  Also, not true.  The reality is that Cinco de Mayo in Mexico celebrates the victory of a single battle from the mid...

Willard Library to host its 2021 annual book sale next month Willard Library to host its 2021 annual book sale next month (Source: Willard Library) By Makayla Neukam | May 5, 2021 at 11:50 AM CDT - Updated May 5 at 11:55 AM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Willard Library is hosting its 2021 annual book sale next month. The event is taking place on June 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Officials say the annual sale includes a large variety of hardback, paperback, fiction, nonfiction, children’s, reference, history, cookbooks and more. All books will be bagged, labeled and categorized before the sale...

The Hottest City in Every State The Hottest City in Every State The temperature in one of the hottest cities in the country tops 100 degrees for a quarter of the year. Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on Filterbuy. With summer around the corner and the U.S. increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates, Americans are gearing up for the possibility of a more normal summer season. But while residents in the Northern U.S. typically enjoy comfortably warm temperatures, Americans in other parts of the country increasingly face months of extreme heat and other severe weather events. According ...

Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana has brought back their infamous Grey Lady ghost cams, and now the hunt to catch her on camera is officially on. Willard Library's ghost cams haven't been up and running for a while. When I was a kid my cousin and I were obsessed with the Willard Library ghost cams. I think the reason is my aunt always loved the paranormal, and we were always watching ghost shows with her. Since then I was hooked on learning more about the paranormal. My cousin Chris and I used to be glued to the Grey Lady ghost cams back in the day, I'm talking dial up internet days. If ...