Stroh News

Containment booms float next to the Natchez steamboat Friday at the Port of New Orleans.

Big Turkey Lake to be - restored' Big Turkey Lake, a 450-acre body of water divided by the LaGrange-Steuben county line, will have portions of its bottom restored to "historical depths" during the next couple ...

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“It just takes your breath away”

INDIANAPOLIS - A new exhibit at the Indiana Historical Society allows visitors to experience a World War II-era grocery store complete with ration books and discussions of wartime events. via Star-Press

“I tell you, if you'd ever been in the store, well, it just takes your breath away”

Afew days ago, Lenny Zwerner did something every human being has longed to do at least once. via Tribune-Star

Low pressure developing in the Central Plains will move towards Indiana later Thursday. via NBC 33 News

Authorities in Chicago are looking for a Cook County Jail inmate who escaped during a hospital visit. via WFIE-TV Evansville

LaGRANGE, Ind. - State Police say a northern Indiana woman died when a horse-drawn buggy collided nearly head-on with a car. via Herald-Bulletin

LaGRANGE About 250 Northern Indiana workers will lose their jobs in May when a Dutch Housing factory in LaGrange closes and a Redman Homes plant in Topeka trims half its staff. via IndyStar.com

By May 23, LaGrange-based Dutch Housing Inc. will close, affecting 250 employees in LaGrange and Topeka, according to information posted on the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's Web site. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

“I think she'd be very much in favor of it”

A retired farmer worried about Indiana's shrinking agricultural acreage has donated the development rights to his family's 140-acre farm to a conservation group dedicated to preserving farmland and natural ... via Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

April 6 will mark the 40th anniversary of the explosion in Richmond's downtown. It was a day felt throughout the community, as 41 area residents died, and many more residents worked together to extinguish the ... via Palladium-Item

Another winter storm developing in the Southern Plains is taking aim on Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. via NBC 33 News

“In number and in quality, I know that it is my privilege to support the finest National Guard in America”

More than 3,000 Indiana national guardsmen are just weeks away from deploying to Iraq. via WNDU-TV South Bend

A Stroh Indiana man is in jail Thursday after dealing methamphetamines to an I.M.AG.E . Drug Task informant. via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Bands of lake effect snow rolling off Lake Michigan dumped nearly a foot of snow today on parts of LaPorte County, with forecasters predicting that even heavier waves of snow could follow. via Palladium-Item

News Release: From: Senate Majority Communications Office Senate Panel Passes Property Tax Reform Bill Amended Plan Offers $600 Million in New Relief; Puts Cuts, Caps, Spending Controls in Place - ' A senate ... via TristateHomepage.com

“I recommend no one travel through this area until the wind lets up and visibility improves”

Remembering the Blizzard of '78 Sunday Snapshots with Doug Moats WIND CHILL ...THE BIG CHILL! Low temperatures combined with strong winds will result in potentially deadly wind chills. via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

“I hope this is the absolute end”

Our position: The governor should make clear he won't allow another expansion of gambling on his watch. via IndyStar.com

“The public's lost some confidence in government's ability to make these decisions. They want a direct voice in these building projects.”

Referendums will likely be required for all major local government building projects, including those for growing school districts, under changes now being considered to property tax reforms by the Indiana ... via IndyStar.com