U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly visited Kentland on Sept. 21. For the complete story see our Sept. 27 print or e-editions.
Notice is given that Brent Pennington has filed a petition for a special exception with the Newton County Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with Section 11.20 of the Newton County Zoning Ordinance and Section 5.00, in particular Section 2, of said Ordinance. Reason for request: Special E…
For our current issue, Sept. 20, the legal notices from North Newton and South Newton Schools were transposed on the pages. On page 12-13 is South Newton page 1 and North Newton page 2, while on Pages 18-19 is North Newton page 1 and South Newton on page 2. All the information for both is t…
On Thursday, Sept. 14, at approximately 1:46 p.m. the Newton County Sheriff’s 9-1-1 center received reports of a semi rolled over on SR 114 near CR 300E.
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CHALMERS—North Newton made a huge statement Friday night in regards to the Midwest Conference title picture with a convincing 47-14 win over Frontier.
The South Newton Rebels are set to rebound following a defeat at their season opening Aug. 18. Check out our print and e-editions fro ongoing coverage.
In this week's Newton County Enterprise the North Newton volleyball review on page 31 was incorrectly attributed to South Newton. We regret the error and always strive for accuracy in our repo…
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They came in as the underdogs but left as regional champions. That is the story of the 2017 South Newton baseball team and that story isn’t complete as the Rebels now have their eyes on Semi-State.
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It was a pitching performance for the ages as South Newton junior Jay Hammel picked up 17 strikeouts in just six innings of work to lead the Rebels to their first sectional title since 2005 wi…
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UTICA, Ind. (AP) — An economic development group is suing a southern Indiana town over its plans to allow billboards near a new Ohio River bridge.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state prison official says Orville Lynn Majors, who was convicted of killing six people while a nurse at an Indiana hospital, has died.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a federal judge's order permanently blocking Indiana from enforcing provisions of an abortion law passed last year (all times local):
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EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — The FBI has released a sketch and description of a person of interest in a pipe bomb explosion at a post office in northwestern Indiana in which a postal worker suffe…
INDIANAPOLIS — A pair of controversial abortion restrictions, enacted by Vice President Mike Pence in 2016 while Indiana governor, have been found by a federal judge to be incompatible with the U.S. Constitution.
Three Newton County men are facing narcotics, weapons and other charges following a July 14 raid in Brook, according to the Newton County Prosecutor's Office. For the complete story see our July 26 print or e-edition.
Three Newton County men are facing narcotics, weapons and other charges following a July 14 raid in Brook, according to the Newton County Prosecutor's Office. For the complete story see our Ju…
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A Morocco woman is facing 15 felony and 15 misdemeanor charges for running a dangerous puppy mill in Newton County.
A traffic stop resulted in a high-speed pursuit, which extended from Newton County into Lake County early Monday afternoon.
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Pat Gorecki, the woman who was on site when Newton County officials raided an underground puppy mill in Lake Village last week, has a long history of alleged animal cruelty.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video-game voice actors have agreed to end a nearly yearlong strike against several major gaming publishers.
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A federal agency is suing a North Dakota health-care provider for allegedly firing a pregnant employee instead of accommodating her pregnancy.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills rising to their highest level since July while rates on six-month bills dipped slightly.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Every night since Hurricane Maria hit, Miguel Martinez and his family have slept on mattresses on the porch to escape the heat inside their dark, stifling home. But it's nearly impossible to sleep with temperatures in the high 70s.
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Cunard is planning a fourth ship to join its fleet, according to an announcement Monday from the brand's parent company Carnival Corp.
I’m a Baby Boomer, and I grew up in the 1960s hating the establishment. I never wanted to “work for the man,” but having a family and paying the bills forced me to compromise and work for a large employer. Or, as my parents called it, “Get a real job.”
My latest foray into fitness found me attempting a Pilates barre class. Although taught at a Pilates studio, barre is a dynamic fusion of Pilates, ballet and isometric and isotonic exercises. Its original iteration was created by Lotte Berk, a German dancer who suffered a back injury and combined her dance conditioning with rehabilitative therapy.
My latest foray into fitness found me attempting a Pilates barre class. Although taught at a Pilates studio, barre is a dynamic fusion of Pilates, ballet and isometric and isotonic exercises. Its original iteration was created by Lotte Berk, a German dancer who suffered a back injury and combined her dance conditioning with rehabilitative therapy.
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A company that heaped probation fees on residents of one Tennessee county, even though many were too poor to pay, will pay $14 million to reimburse those charges.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a New York Police Department race discrimination lawsuit (all times local):
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video-game voice actors have agreed to end a nearly yearlong strike against several major gaming publishers.
A day later, there were signs that some around the NFL already were ready to move on from their anthem-related gestures prodded by President Donald Trump 's profane broadside against such actions.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Chelsea Manning says she was denied entry into Canada because of her criminal record.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for the Mideast says Israel isn't complying with a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a halt to all settlement activity and is continuing settlement expansion making a two-state solution "increasingly unattainable."
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the central Mexico state of Puebla say gunmen have shot to death three young women and two men while wounding three others during an attack on a house.
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say seven homosexuals have been charged with "inciting immorality" after a concert at which the rainbow flag of the LGBT movement was raised in a rare support of gay rights in conservative Egypt.
The Kentland Town Council introduced the ordinance calling for a three-phase sewer rate increase and also passed a resolution to apply for a grant to help pay for a feasibility study for building a new fire station. All of this action occurred at the Aug. 9 town council meeting.
Gazing at eighteen pieces of mail our carrier had stuffed into the mailbox, I mused that I didn’t recall getting such quantity in one day twenty or thirty years ago. In my tractor-trailer driving days, upon returning, I rarely received this much mail in a week. But as my often-quoted favorit…
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It took more than three years for the Newton County Commissioners to finalize a new and updated employee handbook. That final action came Wednesday afternoon at a special meeting. It took the commissioners less than 15 minutes to act out and contradict their new policy.
