Tippecanoe County News

If you want to take a look at the way wheat was harvested back in the day, you can head to Little K Farms this weekend.A In a Tippecanoe County wheat field, farmers will harvest their crop the old fashioned way and the public is welcome to attend.A Marion Klutzke holds the event every year.

All Tippecanoe County Public Libraries become smoke and tobacco free inside and outside.

Lafayette - A community organization in Lafayette says more people are volunteering during the economic downturn.

A federal judge has sentenced a former Delphi woman to 10 years in prison for bank robbery.

The broken gas main has been secured at Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, and the YMCA has been reopened.

Staff, members, and children were forced to leave the YMCA after the gas line broke.A More than 50 people were evacuated from the YMCA around 10:00 a.m. Friday.A Everyone was taken to the nearby Durgan Elementary School.A Lafayette Fire Captain Mike Tribbett says a mower ran over a gas line at the Tippecanoe County fairgrounds causing the leak.

Formal charges have been filed against a couple arrested for allegedly stealing checks and trying to cash them.

Sergeant Kenner said Lafayette Police responded to a call of a vehicle blocking railroad tracks at around 8:00 a.m. Police said the vehicle was found in a remote area, on the Northfolk Southern railroad tracks west of Poland Hill Road in Lafayette.

A new program intended to put more math, science and technology teachers in rural Indiana schools is moving ahead with a first class of nearly 60 teachers.

High-speed rail supporters are hoping Indiana gets a share of federal stimulus funding intended to expand passenger rail service to the state as part of a Midwestern high-speed rail network.

A new drugstore comes to the North End neighborhood despite opposition from neighbors.

Police have arrested a convicted rapist and his girlfriend for suspicion of stealing checks and attempting to cash them at businesses in two counties.

Tippecanoe County taxpayers will get the chance to comment on taxes at a public hearing tomorrow.

Woman using checks stolen from a mailbox. By KEVIN LILLY Pharos-Tribune Authorities in Cass and Tippecanoe counties are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a woman who has cashed stolen checks.

Area families got a taste of living life in the past.A The Tippecanoe County Historical Association held "Family Day at the Park" at Fort Ouiatenon.

Carmel-based Gaylor Inc., one of the largest electrical contractors in the Indianapolis area, said yesterday that it has acquired Griffith Group Inc.

Crews should put the finishes touches on a project to beautify Tippecanoe County's courthouse square by the end of the year.

The Emerald Ash Borer is an insect that destroys ash trees and can cost cities millions of dollars.

Several events held throughout the day in Tipp Co. Updated: Saturday, 06 Jun 2009, 7:47 PM EDT Published : Saturday, 06 Jun 2009, 7:35 PM EDT Laura Kirtley TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind.

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