Stories from Tuesday, July 21, 2020

FILLMORE -- The sale of the Dixie Chopper property just northwest of Fillmore earlier this month effectively writes an end to the final chapter of the “World’s Fastest Lawn Mower” in Putnam County. The 12.88-acre site, including 12,000 square feet of buildings, has been sold on contract to Mark Hadley of Zionsville, Clint Cooper of Carpenter Realtors confirmed Tuesday...

A joint investigation involving investigative correctional police officers with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC), with assistance from the Brazil Police Department and the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, resulted in the arrest of correctional officer Roger Long, 39, of Brazil...

Harriet “Jean” Demoret, 75, of Lafayette, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2020 at 4:30 a.m. at her residence. Jean was born on April 12, 1945 in Greencastle to the late Donovan and Mary (Gardner) Shoaf. She graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1963...