LAKE VILLAGE — The Newton County Sheriff's Department responded to a fatal crash Monday (Oct. 19) morning.
Oct. 5
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KENTLAND — The Kentland Town Council approved the lowest of 14 bids in the amount of $1,497,000 for the planned new firehouse.
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Oct. 5
NEWTON COUNTY- On Friday morning (Oct. 16), a state trooper from the Lowell post stopped a 2020 Nissan Altima for several traffic violations on U.S. 41 in Newton County.
Sept. 28
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KENTLAND — Newton County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Drinski has filed a motion to withdraw the plea agreement to Ashley Garth in connection to the murder of Nicole Bowen.
Sept. 21
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CHESTERTON — Cold weather and a brisk wind keep many people indoors but for Cross Country athletes this is normal weather. On Saturday, October 17th Newton County arrived at the course which w…
BOONE GROVE — North Newton got off to a slow start and could never recover in a 25-9, 25-16, 25-17 loss to North Judson in the opening round of the Boone Grove 2A Sectional on Oct. 15.
RENSSELAER — A large group of Newton County runners placed well in the cross country sectional at Rensselaer Oct. 10 in what has been a very uncertain fall sports season for many across the state.
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MOROCCO — In their final home game, North Newton had to get over some unexpected loss of personnel to get past North White 26-15 Oct. 9.
KENTLAND — Kentland Federal Savings & Loan Association is celebrating 100 years in business and was recently honored by the Independent Community Bankers of America (IBCA).
WEST LAFAYETTE — Faculty, staff and graduate students from the Purdue College of Agriculture and Purdue Extension were recently awarded eight North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Resea…
WEST LAFAYETTE — Indiana AgrAbility, hosted at Purdue University, and the Indiana chapter of the Farmer Veteran Coalition invite military veterans to join them for the Veteran Farmer Workshop …
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The poll found Republican President Donald Trump is the choice of 49% of likely Indiana voters while 42% favor former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, and 6% are undecided.
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The first debate between Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, Democratic nominee Dr. Woody Myers and Libertarian Donald Rainwater is set to air from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday in Northwest Indiana.
