While we often respond to breaking news, many aspects of news coverage are considered routine, standard or expected. I, for example, always anticipate covering the Wells County Commissioners on the ...

INCIDENTS City: Thursday, 12:47 p.m., 400 block of West Silver Street. Juvenile complaint. Unable to locate. Thursday, 1:06 p.m., 700 block of East Dustman Road. Vehicle crash. Thursday, 1:08 p.m., ...

We interrupt my apparent obsession with property taxes to talk about the other certainty of life. The passing of Jim Schwarzkopf at age 88 last week has been on my mind. There are a number of people ...

Hello, everyone. My name is Chet Baumgartner … and I’m a digital hoarder. Now everyone, say hello back. This is a safe space. I don’t know when — or why — I decided to preserve and protect so many ...

County Drainage Board will meet Monday afternoon The Wells County Drainage Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie ...

Haven’t we had this conversation before? The last time the word “transparency” was brought up in a column, it was discussed in relation to the Economic Development Commission and the lack of clarity ...

By MADELYN HANES Indiana Capital Chronicle From wolves and bargains to fried pickle Oreos and glassblowing, get ready to celebrate the “Soundtrack of Summer” at this year’s Indiana State Fair. The ...

Angelkeep is known to have invasive species. Some are fought with a vengeance, however since invasive plants have endurance, ...

Dwight Emerson James, 81, of Markle, passed away peacefully at 2:56 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Stillwater Hospice in Fort Wayne. Dwight was born on Aug. 8, 1943, in Wells County, to the late ...

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Today’s news: Whicker celebrated for his service by local, state officials; ‘More than a parking lot’; Indiana State Fair kicks off Friday; Dolly Parton’s Indiana literacy program gets first major ...

As we drove south on Interstate 77 in Virginia toward North Carolina, it only seemed appropriate to start whistling a simple ...