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Ambulance accident on I-70 sends three to hospital
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
A one-vehicle accident involving an ambulance Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 in Putnam County sent three patients to the hospital, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. At around 8:30 a.m., ISP Trooper Michael Wood was dispatched to an accident involving a CARE Ambulance near the 35-mile marker of I-70, six miles west of Cloverdale...
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Duke Energy warns customers about bill payment scams
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
PLAINFIELD -- Duke Energy is urging its Indiana customers to be alert for a bill payment scam. Under the scam, a customer receives an unsolicited phone call from an individual who falsely claims to be a Duke Energy representative. The caller falsely warns that Duke Energy will disconnect the customer's electric service if the customer fails to make an immediate payment -- usually within one hour...
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Mill Pond will deliver breakfast to benefit Red Cross
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
Area employers can show employees some love while helping those in need by ordering treats for their staff in honor of National Employee Appreciation Day. Mill Pond Health Campus is offering to deliver breakfast or cookies to employees on Friday, March 6...
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Dillinger Museum to open March 3 in Lake County
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
CROWN POINT (AP) -- A sneak-peak at the new Dillinger Museum location in the historic Lake County Courthouse and a fundraiser will mark the March 3 anniversary of the notorious bank robber's escape from the Lake County Jail 81 years ago. Speros Batistatos, president and CEO of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority (SSCVA), said only one of three zones of the new museum -- the part depicting the demise of John Dillinger at the Biograph Theatre in Chicago and his subsequent burial -- will be ready for viewing at the event.. ...
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LEPC takes over sustaining Command Vehicle 7
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
Changes in budgets at the state level are forcing a Putnam County agency to take over funding of an emergency vehicle that has been housed in Putnam County for seven years. Granted directly to Putnam County by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2008, Command Vehicle 7 (CV7) has been housed at the Greencastle Fire Department for seven years...
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County to explore concept of rentals of Houck Covered Bridge
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
Looking to host a banquet in a historic structure with a backdrop of Big Walnut Creek as it meanders through the rolling hills of southern Putnam County? It's apparently an interest for some, and it had Karla Lawless and Diana Love of the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau at the Monday meeting of the Putnam County commissioners...
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IMPA Solar park fast-tracked for Bainbridge, possible March start
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
BAINBRIDGE -- A solar farm originally slated for 2016 has been fast-tracked for the Town of Bainbridge, offering a preliminary development date as soon as March. The difference between another year versus another month is drastic. Zoning, tax abatements, annexation to the south of the proposed solar park location, not to mention the sale of the land to the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) and the array of paperwork associated with these processes has town officials working diligently to get everything taken care of so that the town may benefit from the green energy project.. ...
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Bird's-Eye View
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
Construction continues on new dining hall at DePauw University
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Clovers win road nailbiter
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/15)
ROCKVILLE--The Clover boys' basketball team used a complete team game to overcome Rockville on the road Tuesday, 78-76. While Rockville shot well throughout, scoring 24 in the first quarter and 16 in the second, Cloverdale was able to use its defense to keep an advantage advantage...
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Putnam County Swim Team Open House
(Community Sports ~ 02/18/15)
The Putnam County Swim Team (PCST) is a competitive, year-round USA Swimming team. Its spring season will begin April 13. In addition to club swimming for ages 10 and under and 11+, the team will also offer a stroke development class for those who can swim, independently, any stroke at least 10 yards. These swimmers must try out before registering...
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Eagles come up short against Cats
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/15)
Having had it's two-game winning streak broken by Northview last Thursday, South Putnam hosted South Vermillion Tuesday night with the intent of getting back to winning ways in the remaining two weeks of the boys' basketball season. Runs of 12-0 and 10-0, along with 13 fourth-quarter free throws, instead propelled the Wildcats to a sixth road victory on the season with a 52-37 win over the Eagles...
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Greencastle defeats Knights
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/15)
In another bout where the Greencastle boys' basketball team was undersized and facing a 6-8 sophomore in Northview's center, the Tiger Cubs were not fazed Tuesday night and handled the game 66-48. The fast-paced game was competitive, but GHS was able to pull away due mostly to its outstanding free throw shooting in the fourth...
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Greencastle man arrested after string of auto thefts
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
A Greencastle man was jailed Wednesday following a Putnam County Sheriff's Department investigation of three recent auto thefts. Deputies arrested 50-year-old Dale McKnight Wednesday morning in Greencastle in connection with the thefts. He was booked into the jail on two counts of auto theft, two counts of possession of stolen property, driving with a suspended license with prior and leaving the scene of a property damage accident...
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Snow, wind causing trouble along I-70
(Local News ~ 02/18/15)
Cold, wind and blowing snow are combining to cause havoc along Interstate 70 in western Indiana, especially in Putnam County, east of Cloverdale, Indiana State Police at Putnamville were reporting Wednesday afternoon. The eastbound lanes of I-70 in the 45- to 46-mile marker area, four to five miles east of Cloverdale, was reported as slick and hazardous...
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