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With a large projected deficit in the next few years for Whitley County EMS, county government is trying to find solutions to the problem.

State Sen. Gary Dillon today encouraged residents to join Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman's holiday season mail campaign for troops called "Hoosier Cheer for Our Heroes." "When you make your card list this year, please remember Indiana servicemen and women who will be spending the holidays away from their homes and families," Dillon said.

Local shopping is idea behind program By DEANNA POGORELC Staff Writer As the holiday season rolls around, the Columbia City Area Chamber of Commerce and its members are encouraging the community to shop local by giving away more than $700 in prizes to shoppers of local chamber businesses.

With two weeks to go before Whitley County experiences its first 26.2 mile marathon, the stages of planning are in their final phases.

Indiana Sen. Gary Dillon said he was "totally floored" when Sen. David Long presented him with the Sagamore of the Wabash award on behalf of Gov.

Razor blades in apples. Arsenic in candy. And H1N1? Urban-legend evils lurking in Halloween treat bags have taken new form this fall as parents are taking precautions to protect their families from the real threat of swine flu.

Another person has thrown their hat into the ring for the District 17 Indiana Senate Seat.

Heather Kauffman expected to wait in line to get H1N1 vaccines for her children, but she was surprised at where the line was when she joined it.

In 2000, Pat O'Connor corralled 14 teachers and a consultant onto the fourth floor of the school district's crumbling headquarters.

A key legislative committee on Tuesday turned back efforts to allow Hoosiers to buy alcohol on Sundays at grocery stores and other retailers as well as a push to expand the number of vendors that can sell cold beer.

Satellite offices opened in Churubusco, South Whitley and organization is reaching out to Amish and Hispanic communities By KELLEY SHEISS for The Post & Mail Babies throughout the county have good reason to shake their rattles and toss sippy cups in the air with joy.

Authorities say a hunter died after he and two others fell from their canoe into a northeastern Indiana lake and swam ashore.

A 41-year-old Columbia City man drowned Sunday night after he fell out of the canoe he was hunting from.

Walter Adkins was just 17 when he joined the Merchant Marine near the end of World War II.

If negotiations go well in the coming weeks, Whitley County's new recycling provider could be operated by a local start-up business.

Removable chassis skirts keep the aerodynamic look on rigs and make acces to fuel tanks easier.

Soft music filled the air as people made their way into Fort Ouiatenon for the Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

A 63-year-old man faces felony public indecency charges after police arrested him at Swinney Park - his fourth such arrest.

When former President Bill Clinton asked at a Columbia City political rally last year how many people knew someone without health insurance, many in the crowd raised their hands.