The St. Joseph Township Fire Department is no more. It delivered its final ‘Out of Service’ call over emergency services airwaves. The Fort Wayne Fire Department will take over providing fire service for the township. The change is just affecting the unincorporated areas, roughly around 5,500 people. That area was …

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb remains opposed to efforts by state lawmakers to allow medical or recreational marijuana in the state, even as it’s becoming legal in a growing number of others. The Republican governor says he hasn’t changed his mind even after voters in neighboring Michigan approved a November ballot …

Arlene H. Pennington, age 80, of rural Fayette, passed away Friday, December 28, 2018, at Flower Hospital in Toledo. Arlene was born in Wyandot, Michigan, on January 11, 1938, the daughter of Carlton and Helen (Damman) Mahnke. On November 24, 1956, she married Loren E. Pennington, and he preceded her …

Glenn L. “Buck” Dielman, age 86, of Holland, Ohio and Melbourne, Florida, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 at 11:17 PM. Buck was born in Napoleon, Ohio on September 14, 1932, the son of Lawrence and Vadys (Turpening) Dielman. Prior to retirement, he was co-owner of Dielman, Inc. with his …

Three men are in custody after they crashed their car in Stryker following a high-speed chase that began on the Ohio Turnpike. Troopers initiated a traffic stop at milepost 46 in Fulton County, between Swanton and Delta. The three men in a rental car with Texas license plates, then fled …

Unemployment rates throughout the region remain consistent from October to November. Across the area, rates ranged from 4.1 percent in Defiance to 3 percent in Putnam County…again, among the counties with the lowest unemployment rates in the state. The lowest rate was in Mercer County with 2.4 percent.

A driver and his passenger are behind bars after leading police on a chase with speeds up to 120 miles per hour. The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department responded to a suspicious vehicle report south of Shipshewana. Someone parked their vehicle at an address and left it there. Officers waited for …

Governor Eric Holcomb says Indiana is well-positioned to compete for jobs, compared to most states. But does Indiana have enough workers to fill those jobs? Part of Holcomb’s plan is to stop taxing veterans’ pension checks. Vets could choose to live here, starting a post-military career, while spending that pension …

Indiana’s first state property for off-road vehicles is closing for several months for upgrades that will include new trails, a major trail repair and reroutes. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced the Redbird State Recreation Area near Linton in southwestern Indiana will be closed to the public from spring …

Murriel Maxine (Cobbs) Wagner Cornell passed away peacefully at home in the company of her loving grandchildren Jason and Devin Payne, Wednesday December 26, 2018. She was born on November 8, 1931, in Springfield, Tennessee to Bailey Atchison Cobbs and Lula Idella (Poole) Cobbs. Maxine graduated from Springfield High School, …