15 years

To help longtime local musician Steve Michaels with medical bills, local musicians are putting on a benefit show.

CONVERSE — Mark Boyer said that when he started planting sunflowers eight years ago, it was never his intention that it would become a tourist attraction.

Logansport is giving tours of the Memorial Home veterans memorial on Aug. 31, 2021, and asking for residents' input on its future.

Wednesday

Wednesday

A Logansport woman was killed and her husband injured in a Monticello-area accident.

Tuesday

The new strain of COVID-19, the delta variant, has found its way to Cass County.

In a rare occurrence, the city of Logansport will be refunded monies.

A New Haven man convicted of domestic battery will be sentenced in late August.

NextEra Energy representatives spoke with south Cass County residents about the solar energy field they want to build near Walton.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement Wednesday on a $1 trillion national infrastructure package, and the Senate appeared ready to begin consideration of the key part of the administration’s agenda. An evening test vote was possible.

WALTON — Construction on U.S. 35 north of Walton will be halted for an undisclosed amount of time after a worker was struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning.

A Logansport woman was killed and her husband injured in a Monticello-area accident.

It was bad.

VERSAILLES — An 83-year-old man died Tuesday following an accidental explosion that occurred outside his rural Versailles home.

KOKOMO — Nearly 30 percent of new teachers leave the classroom in the first five years of their careers.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Elliott Hall of Music will once again come to life as students cross the stage for the August 2021 commencement ceremonies.

INDIANAPOLIS — Logansport Community School Corporation is one of several Indiana schools to expand its dual language immersion program.

INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse in April acted alone and was not racially or ethnically motivated, authorities said Wednesday.

Logansport native and businessman Perry Rennewanz re-opens the Old Style Inn restaurant, and people are glad to see it back.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have rebounded to levels last seen in May as an especially contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading, state data show.

ROCHESTER – An 18-month-old toddler has died in a drowning incident at the Lakeview Bend area in Rochester.

WASHINGTON — “This is how I’m going to die, defending this entrance.”

Because of a Republic Services truck being down, Logansport trash service today is running behind.

WASHINGTON — Moderna said Monday it plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side effects, such as a type of heart inflammation recently flagged by U.S. health authorities.

It’s almost that time of year.

Logansport pet groomers Helen Simmons and Cassie Hines have opened their own business to fill the void left by the closing of Petsense.

WALTON – The Andersons, Inc. is stepping up to the plate.

The regional authority is looking for public input on a $50 million grant for the future.

PERU — A year ago, downtown Peru looked perfectly normal after the Peru Circus City Festival was forced to cancel due to the pandemic.

Change is inevitable.

Heart to Heart Hospice has officially opened its offices in Logansport.

Cass County has updated its ordinances for solar and wind energy operations, making them stricter, and a solar energy company is looking for a place to set up shop in south Cass County.

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 100 Indiana businesses are urging Congress to pass legislation stalled in the Senate that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people, saying in a letter that “discrimination is bad for business.”

Although the Dentzel Carousel Committee didn't expect as big a celebration this year, Carousel Fun Day is happening Aug. 28.

15 years

PERU — Pat Kelly traveled the country performing in circuses as a sad, downtrodden clown for most his life, just like his father, Emmet Kelly, the iconic depression-era hobo clown named Weary Willy.

It’s a win for Erie Avenue.

INDIANAPOLIS — Public hearings have been set Indiana’s upcoming redrawing of congressional and legislative election districts, although no proposed new maps will be available by then.

Motorists on U.S. 35 from Galveston to Logansport will have another two months of travel interruptions.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's environmental agency issued a statewide air quality alert this week urging Hoosiers to slow down and take other steps as smoke wafts across the state from wildfires burning in the western U.S. and Canada.

It’s a story of forgiveness and unity.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will receive $507 million as part of a multi-state agreement to settle a lawsuit against opioid distributors designed to bring relief to people struggling with addiction to the drug, officials said Wednesday,

Cass County has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to decide on an appeal in a WSP-related case, but the court sends it back to the Court of Appeals despite county claiming it's an emergency.

WEST LAFAYETTE — During the summer, North America’s monsoon season creates massive storms across the Midwest. These storms can cause a phenomenon where the lowest atmospheric layers, the troposphere and stratosphere, mix.

When animal concerns are reported, typically a cat or a dog is involved.

PERU — A father and son in Peru were taken into custody at gunpoint after police say one of them punched a sheriff’s deputy in the face.