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• PHOTOS: Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023

  07-06-2023 23:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Guten tag! Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023 has arrived and has taken over Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne.Germanfest has been entertaining and feeding local residents for over 40 years.Here are some snapshots of the festivities:Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023
  
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• LOOK: Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023

  07-06-2023 23:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Guten tag! Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023 has arrived and has taken over Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne.Germanfest has been entertaining and feeding local residents for over 40 years.Here are some snapshots of the festivities:Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023Fort Wayne Germanfest 2023
  
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• City of New Haven unveils $6.2M renovation, expansion to City Hall

  07-06-2023 22:07 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) — On Wednesday, the City of New Haven broke ground on a project to renovate and expand City Hall to accommodate future growth.The project will cost $6.2 million and will meet the needs of the New Haven Police Department and the growing community, according to the City of New Haven.The expansion will also provide new council chambers that can be used as community space. Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo says goodbye to Ellie the Irish Dexter CowIn total, the project wil
  
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• Authorities seek info on homicide in Wabash County

  07-06-2023 21:18 via wane.com
  
  WABASH COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — The Wabash County Sheriff's Department (WCSD) is seeking information on a homicide that happened in late May just outside of Liberty Mills, Indiana.On May 30, police found the body of 38-year-old April D. Greene in the Eel River near Liberty Mills. Wildfires smoke prompts Air Quality Action Days for entire stateAuthorities ruled Greene's death a homicide, according to the WCSD, and police are still seeking information regarding her death.Anyone with information
  
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• Wildfires smoke prompts Air Quality Action Days for entire state

  07-06-2023 20:30 via wane.com
  
  The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has issued Air Quality Action Days (AQAD) on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 and Thursday, June 8, 2023 for all Indiana counties due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.Current high particulate readings exist in South Bend, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Muncie. Also, Detroit, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic states are experiencing high levels of particulate. Due to north to northeast winds, this particulate mat
  
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• Fort Wayne Mercedes Benz dealership seeks to move down the road

  07-06-2023 20:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The owner of the Mercedes Benz dealership in Fort Wayne wants to move to a new location.Currently Mercedes Benz of Fort Wayne is located on West Jefferson just north of Engle Road on Fort Wayne's southwest side. The Rezoning Petition Application with the Allen County Department of Planning Services indicates the dealership wants to move down the road to a location on West Jefferson just northeast of Time Corners and southwest of Apple Glen on land adjacent to a Peter Fran
  
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• 525 workers out of a job as part of Warsaw plant closing

  07-06-2023 19:53 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) LSC Communications, which operates the LSC Printing Solutions plant in Warsaw has announced it will be closing the facility in September, which will put more than 500 people out of work.The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN notice) on Tuesday announcing the closure.The notice indicates the plant will close sometime between September 10 and September 24. It's located at 2801 West Old Road 30 in Warsaw.
  In April, LSC indicated that the demand f
  
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• Illinois Road lane restrictions set to begin June 14

  07-06-2023 19:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Motorists who travel a busy stretch of Illinois Road just west of I-69 will experience lane closures as well as narrow lanes starting Monday, June 12.The restrictions are necessary to allow crews to work on a bridge deck overlay between Scott and Hadley Roads. Work is expected to wrap up by the end of July. All work is weather-dependent and schedules are subject to change.
  
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• NACS at ease with 2022-2023 school year despite recent controversy

  07-06-2023 19:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Northwest Allen County School District saw a change of leadership at the beginning of the school year with welcoming Superintendent Wayne Barker. Barker says he is feeling confident after his first school year at NACS.
  'I'm feeling good," said Barker. "It's been a great school year, I feel obviously much more comfortable than I did."
  In August of 2022, WANE 15 sat down with Barker to talk about the school year ahead. One topic of discussion were the goals for the school
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash involving minivan in Marion

  07-06-2023 18:37 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) The Grant County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist Tuesday in Marion.Details are limited, but a news release indicates the crash happened in the 3300 block of Central Avenue just after 10 p.m. Crews arrived to find a man dead who appeared to have been riding a Harley-Davidson and a Dodge minivan.The woman driving the minivan consented to a blood draw which is a requirement of fatal accidents.
  No other information was provided and the nam
  
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• Fort Wayne Children's Zoo says goodbye to Ellie the Irish Dexter Cow

  07-06-2023 18:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) For over a decade, visitors to the Big Red Barn at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo were greeted by the welcoming face of Ellie the Irish Dexter Cow.Ellie turned 16 back on May 26, but because of what the zoo described in a Facebook post as "age related health concerns," Ellie was recently humanely euthanized.
  Known for her love of hay and honey, Ellie was a beloved member of the Indiana Family Farm and will always remain a part of our Zoo family. She will be fondly remember
  
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• WATCH: Germanfest through the years

  07-06-2023 18:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Germanfest's been feeding and entertaining people in Fort Wayne since 1981.Wunderbar! Germanfest is back with new activitiesWANE 15 went into the archives to dig out some videos and stories from years ago.WATCH: Time lapse video of Germanfest set-upThe video at the top is a story done in 2000.
  The above video has clips from the following years and events:2000: Wiener Dog Nationals and a chicken dance event at the library
  2003: Beer "stein" holding contest, keg tapping w
  
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• Family of trooper killed on I-69 pens letter of thanks

  07-06-2023 17:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) On March 3, 2023 while directing traffic because of several weather-related crashes on I-69 in Dekalb County, Master Trooper James Bailey was struck and killed by a motorist fleeing from Fort Wayne police. Master Trooper Bailey was attempting to deploy stop sticks near the Auburn exit when he was hit. Bailey, 50, had been a trooper for nearly 16 years.He was laid to rest at a cemetery in Garrett on March 11. He left behind his wife Amy, and their two children Joseph and S
  
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• Public gets chance to learn more about proposed tax increase to fund new Allen County Jail

  07-06-2023 17:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A plan to build a new Allen County Jail could result in higher taxes. The Allen County Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday evening to explain a proposed increase to the local income tax.
  The proposed jail would be built in the 2900 block of Meyer Road. It would replace the jail currently located on prime real estate in downtown Fort Wayne. The effort to build a new jail is in response to a ruling by a federal judge in March of 2022 that conditions at the jail wer
  
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• Woman dismembered and grilled, court documents say; daughter, grandchild charged

  07-06-2023 15:00 via wane.com
  
  PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (WDVM) - A woman and her daughter have been accused of murdering, dismembering and grilling the woman's mother, according to police.The investigation began when officers were dispatched to a welfare check on 71-year-old Margaret Craig in Landover, Maryland, Prince George County Police said.
  When officers visited Margaret's home, they said her daughter, 44-year-old Candace Craig, answered the door. She allowed officers to search the home for Margaret.
  After they "smell
  
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• 2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital

  07-06-2023 12:53 via wane.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside a downtown theater in Richmond, Virginia, where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended, causing hundreds of attendees to flee in panic, weep and clutch their children, authorities and witnesses said.A 19-year-old suspect tried to escape on foot but was arrested and will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder, Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said during a nighttim
  
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• White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

  07-06-2023 12:13 via wane.com
  
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four, Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.Authoriti
  
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• Pence calls for ‘different leadership’ in 2024 launch video

  07-06-2023 11:31 via wane.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, releasing a video that made the broad case for his candidacy amid an increasingly crowded Republican primary field.In a nearly-three minute video, titled “Best Days,” Pence made no direct mention of former President Trump, nor is the former president featured on screen. Instead, the former vice president narrates a video that offers a brief personal history of his family and governmen
  
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• Judge denies former Huntington University track coach's request to change venues

  07-06-2023 05:39 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A Huntington Superior Court judge denied a change of venue request over a month after attorneys for an ex-Huntington University track coach requested the change for his looming sexual battery trial.Court records show the judge issued an order denying the motion on June 2. ‘I deny all allegations’: Former Huntington University coach responds to federal lawsuit claims of rape and doping in programIn a motion written to the court in April, 33-year-
  
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• SACS pauses partnership plans geared at solving racial tensions within district

  07-06-2023 04:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Southwest Allen County School board members put a pause on the move for a new partnership to help solve racial tensions from last school year. The collaboration with Rise to Win was not voted on Tuesday night, as Board members have requested a slow down.Board members said they'd like school officials to research other options. They said this doesn't eliminate a possible partnership with Rise to Win.
  Rise to Win is a national nonprofit that helps to eliminate racial disc
  
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• Fort Wayne City Council eyes Getz Road development

  07-06-2023 03:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — "It's been in the works for as long as I've been on council," said 4th District Councilman Jason Arp about a project that has long been in limbo.The Getz Road Apartments put forward by Walnut Hills Development may receive a tax abatement push from City Council as discussed at Tuesday's meeting.
  A view of the development from City Council documents
  "This is an opportunity to clean up that mess," Arp said.Allen County police connect with community over cold brew thr
  
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• 'God's Work:' 2023 Addiction Summit brings hope, help

  07-06-2023 03:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Tuesday, Indiana Sen. Andy Zay (R-Huntington) spoke at the 2023 Addiction Summit hosted by The Lighthouse."It's important that I'm here to speak on behalf of the state and really support those that are doing the good work and God's work," Sen. Zay said.The summit aimed to address addiction by bringing an end to the stigma surrounding drug use and opening the doors to recovery, according to The Lighthouse. Allen County police connect with community over cold bre
  
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• Police connect with community over cold brew through 'Coffee with a Cop' event

  07-06-2023 00:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In an effort to make connections with the community, local police officers participated in a "Coffee with a Cop" event on Tuesday.Organizers held the event at the McDonald's location at 1210 E. Dupont Road on Fort Wayne's north side. ‘Summer staples:’ The Grasshopper food truck is back and hoppingCpl. Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff's Department said it is important for members of the community to be able to talk with police and ask questio
  
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• Allen County police connect with community over cold brew through 'Coffee with a Cop' event

  07-06-2023 00:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In an effort to make connections with the community, local police officers participated in a "Coffee with a Cop" event on Tuesday.Organizers held the event at the McDonald's location at 1210 E. Dupont Road on Fort Wayne's north side. ‘Summer staples:’ The Grasshopper food truck is back and hoppingCpl. Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff's Department said it is important for members of the community to be able to talk with police and ask questio
  
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• Ex-Indiana attorney general eyes GOP governor's race after groping case derailed 2020 reelection

  07-06-2023 00:08 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is considering whether to join the 2024 Republican governor’s race, nearly three years after his reelection bid was derailed by allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party.Hill built a following among social conservatives during his time in office and his entry into the governor’s race could further complicate what already is shaping up to be an expensive fight for the Re
  
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