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• Jury Pool in New Haven adjusts staff, hours to keep pools open

  25-07-2023 23:09 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) --The sun is sparkling on pretty blue water at Jury Pool in New Haven.Swim lessons and aquatics classes for adults are in full swing and the concession stand is an old favorite.But this year as in years past, staffing has been an issue, according to Mike Clendenen, Superintendent of New Haven-Adams Township Parks & Recreation.However, that doesn’t mean his department isn’t working to fill the shifts.Mike Clendenen, Supt of New Haven-Adams Township Parks &am
  
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• Police: Mercer County man arrested for possession of meth

  25-07-2023 22:55 via wane.com
  
  MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) -- A Mercer County man faces a felony charge for possession of meth after police found suspected drugs in his home, according to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office (MCSO).As part of an investigation unrelated to Tuesday's arrest, the MCSO executed a search warrant at the home of 69-year-old Craig Junod in Mendon, Ohio.During the search warrant, authorities found items related to the investigation along with suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia separate from the inves
  
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• Court Docs: Oregon man charged with sexual misconduct with a minor in Noble County

  25-07-2023 22:31 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- An Oregon man faces a felony charge of sexual misconduct with a minor in Noble County after reportedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl two times, according to Noble Superior Court documents.In April 2023, police interviewed the victim, who told police she was at the home of a friend in Kendallville on April 24 and met the suspect, 21-year-old Kayleb Stadelman, a mutual friend of the homeowner.According to court documents, Stadelman asked the victim if she wanted t
  
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• Wild on WANE: Penguin Encounter

  25-07-2023 22:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is home to 24 African Penguins. One of the Wild Encounters it getting to help feed them.
  The penguins eat Capelin fish, which are part of the Sardine family, as well as Lake Smelt and Herring.
  "You feed them headfirst because that's how the gills kind of go and that's the natural way they would be moving," Gianna Porfilio, the penguins' Animal Care Specialist, said. "You just kind of aim it down and somebody will most likely steal it."
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• Water main break prompts boil advisory in Geneva

  25-07-2023 22:20 via wane.com
  
  GENEVA, Ind. (WANE) -- The Town of Geneva is under a boil advisory until further notice, according to the Geneva Police Department.According to a Facebook post by the department, a water main broke Monday night. Four juveniles accused of vandalism at Eastside High School in ButlerThe Geneva Police Department informed residents about local alerts residents can sign up for on the Town of Geneva's website to receive updates on the situation.Residents can get the alerts through either email or text.
  
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• ALDI supermarket coming to northeast Fort Wayne

  25-07-2023 21:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Next year, residents in northeast Fort Wayne will have another place to save on shopping trips with a new ALDI location.Documents show ALDI is going in on Dupont Road and Dupont Oaks Boulevard, with more than 20,000 square feet of deals to shop. Construction of the store is estimated to be complete in March 2024, documents show.There are four other locations around Fort Wayne, including on South Anthony Boulevard, Illinois, Coldwater, and Lima roads.
  
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• Four juveniles accused of vandalism at Eastside High School in Butler

  25-07-2023 18:26 via wane.com
  
  BUTLER, Ind. (WANE)Three boys and a girl are facing charges related to vandalism at Eastside High School in Butler. Investigators believe the youths caused damage at the school on four separate occasions.The first act of vandalism took place on July 16 when a stadium ticket booth, restrooms and a board at Maxton Park were damaged according to Butler Police Chief Mark Heffelfinger.Police believe the four returned three more times. On one occasion more windows at the ticket booth were broken. On a
  
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• Docs: 4 juveniles accused of vandalism at Eastside High School in Butler

  25-07-2023 18:26 via wane.com
  
  BUTLER, Ind. (WANE) - Three boys and a girl are facing charges related to vandalism at Eastside High School in Butler. Investigators believe the youths caused damage at the school on four separate occasions, and a newly-released police report reveals details.The first act of vandalism took place on July 16 when a stadium ticket booth, restrooms, and a board at Maxton Park were damaged, according to Butler Police Chief Mark Heffelfinger.The police report shows when one of the suspects talked with
  
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• 'Integral to the environment:' Fort Wayne City Council votes to encourage beekeeping

  25-07-2023 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — To those who enjoy eating sweet treats in the sweltering summer sun, bees may just be a nuisance, but they truly are a vital piece of the machine that is nature."The bees pollinate those fruits and flowers so you get a bigger yield, if we didn't have the pollinating services, we just wouldn't have as much as we have," said David Mullins, owner of Bee Great and prolific beekeeper in northeast Indiana."Bees are integral to the environmental ecosystem in Fort Wa
  
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• 'Integral to the environment:' Fort Wayne City Council may encourage beekeeping

  25-07-2023 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — To those who enjoy eating sweet treats in the sweltering summer sun, bees may just be a nuisance, but they truly are a vital piece of the machine that is nature."The bees pollinate those fruits and flowers so you get a bigger yield, if we didn't have the pollinating services, we just wouldn't have as much as we have," said David Mullins, owner of Bee Great and prolific beekeeper in northeast Indiana."Bees are integral to the environmental ecosystem in Fort Wa
  
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• High temps shift trash pickup schedule in Fort Wayne

  25-07-2023 17:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - High temperatures this week have shifted the schedule of trash pickup around Fort Wayne for the next three days.The city announced GFL will begin garbage collection at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday rather than 6 a.m. The city advised residents to put garbage and recycling bins out the evening before their regularly scheduled pick-up day. The oppressive heat has also prompted two cooling centers to open in the city. You can cool down in the lobby of the Foel
  
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• Heat and humidity surging this week

  25-07-2023 17:28 via wane.com
  
  A warm, muggy evening tonight with temps in the 80s, falling into the 70s. It won't cool off much with temperatures only falling into the upper 60s.Wednesday will be very uncomfortable with Florida-like humidity and heat combined. There will be a chance of severe storms producing gusty winds and large hail, mainly from 8 pm and after.Wednesday's high hits 91, Thursday we reach 92, and Friday sees the highest temp with a high of 96. We'll feel near 100 on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday it will fe
  
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• These Trader Joe's cookies may contain rocks. See the products under recall

  25-07-2023 17:16 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Trader Joe's is recalling two cookie products because they may contain rocks, the grocery chain announced Friday.The recall impacts Trader Joe’s Almond Windmill Cookies and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies with "sell by" dates ranging from October 17, 2023 to October 21, 2023.According to Trader Joe's, the recalled cookies have been removed from store shelves and destroyed — but the company is urging consumers to check their cabinets an
  
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• Fiery crash on I-69 in Grant County involves 3 semitrucks

  25-07-2023 16:13 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic is backed up on Interstate 69 in Grant County after a fiery crash involving three semitrucks Tuesday morning.Indiana State Police confirmed to WANE 15 multiple semis crashed in the southbound lanes of Interstate 69 near exit 264.The area will be shut down for an undetermined amount of time, ISP said.This story will be updated as we learn more.
  
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• Car hauler overturns on I-69, causing fiery crash in Grant County

  25-07-2023 16:13 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic was backed up on Interstate 69 in Grant County Tuesday morning after a fiery crash involving a car hauler.Traffic was backed up in the southbound lanes of I-69 near exit 264 after a car hauler full of vehicles overturned on the highway. It's not clear what led to the crash.The truck driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and was released later that day.
  INDOT traffic camera shows crash on I-69 in Grant CountyA viewer sent in photos of the fiery sem
  
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• Your odds at the Mega Millions jackpot are slim - but can you increase them?

  25-07-2023 15:26 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — After yet another winnerless drawing Friday, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $820 million ahead of the next drawing. The jackpot has been growing since April, and will continue to grow until a ticket (or tickets) successfully matches all six numbers in a drawing. It currently ranks as the fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot on record, positioned just behind a $1.05 billion prize won by a 2021 ticket in Michigan. If you, like millions of others, are
  
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• Here's how to reduce mosquito numbers where you live

  25-07-2023 15:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)– The buzz is back. It’s mosquito season.The annoying little pests can be more than troublesome. They can transmit diseases such as West Nile Virus, which in some severe cases can lead to encephalitis – inflammation of the brain.West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S. Mosquito activity has been low so far in Allen County this year, with just one case of West Nile Virus identified in mosquitoes. The virus also
  
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• Ohio investigates why a police dog was deployed on a surrendering truck driver

  25-07-2023 14:58 via wane.com
  
  CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Several Ohio agencies are investigating why an officer allowed his police dog to attack a truck driver who was surrendering with his hands raised, despite State Highway Patrol troopers urging the officer to hold the dog back.The lengthy pursuit on July 4 and the ensuing attack were captured on a police body camera. The chase began on state highway 35, when state troopers tried to stop a commercial semitruck that was missing a mudflap and failed to halt for an inspe
  
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• Former pastor arrested in 1975 killing of 8-year-old girl headed to Bible camp

  25-07-2023 14:06 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A former pastor was arrested after he confessed to the kidnapping and killing of an 8-year-old girl who attended a Bible camp hosted by the man's church in Pennsylvania nearly 50 years ago, officials said Monday.David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Georgia, has been charged with criminal homicide, murder of the first, second and third degree, kidnapping of a minor and the possession of an instrument of crime.
  The Delaware County District Attorney's Office said the man admitted to
  
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• Shooting investigation closes portion of Lower Huntington Road

  25-07-2023 12:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting in Waynedale. The investigation has caused a portion of Lower Huntington Road to close.FWPD dispatchers confirmed a shooting investigation is underway near the intersection of Kruge Drive and Lower Huntington Road. Police responded to the scene just before 6 a.m. Tuesday.Dispatchers also confirmed Lower Huntington Road is closed from Kruge Drive to Ardmore Avenue. It's unclear when the roadway will reopen. You
  
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• Passerby alerts police to crashed car, death investigation underway

  25-07-2023 12:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating what may have been a shooting and a crash where a man was found dead. The investigation has caused a portion of Lower Huntington Road to close.FWPD dispatchers confirmed a shooting investigation began near the intersection of Kruge Drive and Lower Huntington Road. Police responded to the scene just before 6 a.m. Tuesday.According to a Fort Wayne Police Department spokesperson, a passerby called police around 5:45 to repo
  
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• 'Try That in a Small Town' rockets to No. 2 on charts after music video controversy

  25-07-2023 11:54 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Aldean's “Try That in a Small Town” is experiencing exponential growth following controversy over its music video.“Try That in a Small Town,” which was released in May, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week just behind BTS’s Jung Kook solo single “Seven,” featuring Latto. The track experienced the biggest sales week for a country song in over 10 years.According to Luminate, the song hi
  
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• Heat high humidity and poor air quality

  25-07-2023 09:38 via wane.com
  
  Here comes the heat high humidity and to add insult to injury poor air quality. This pattern will persist and get worse before it gets better until the end of the workweek.Some early patchy fog otherwise the morning will be filled with sunshine and temperatures will move up quickly into the lower to middle 80s by noon.This afternoon is when you'll really feel a difference as high humidity will combine with temperatures around 90 to produce heat indices near 100!It won't cool off much tonight wit
  
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• Continued drought causing crop growth variation

  25-07-2023 04:55 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) - Multiple weather hazards have caused an impact on the growing season so far in 2023. Drought, heat, and potentially even the Canadian wildfire smoke are all factors playing into the growth of crops. Farmer on Fort Wayne’s south side turns to the cow pea when drought threatened areaSarah Delbecq, a farmer near Auburn, says late July is a critical phase of the growing season. This is because many plants are transitioning from the vegetative growth phase to the reproduct
  
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• Stretch of 90s getting underway

  25-07-2023 04:23 via wane.com
  
  Heat and humidity are on the increase with the most oppressive heat and humidity coming later this week.
  Tuesday's early morning temperatures end up as low as near 60° by daybreak. Winds will be lightand this could lend itself to some patches of fog by morning. With an increase in wildfire smoke in the air, we may also have some haze present, too.It's another Air Quality Action Day because of the increase in smoke particles that raises our Air Quality Alert Level to the "Unhealthy for Sensit
  
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• Air Quality Action Day Tuesday

  25-07-2023 04:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has forecasted Air Quality Action Days (AQAD) to continue o Tuesday, July 25, across northern Indiana. Air quality is expected to reach the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (Orange) level as indicated below.IDEM is forecasting high levels of fine particles (PM2.5) due to smoke from Canadian wildfires in the following regions:
  North Central Indiana, including the cities of: Elkhart, Goshen, Knox, Logansport, Ply
  
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• Police respond to crash at car dealership near Indiana Tech

  25-07-2023 03:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a crash that happened Monday night near Indiana Tech.Police were at the scene of a crash at Premier Auto near the intersection of Anthony and Washington boulevards just east of downtown Fort Wayne.It is not known how many vehicles were involved in the crash, but one vehicle, a white or silver Chevy Silverado, could be seen with damage to both the front of the vehicle and the driver side.Police investigate a crash near t
  
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• NACS settles on location for new middle school

  25-07-2023 02:56 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- On Monday, Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) took another step toward adding a third middle school to its district.During Monday's school board meeting, NACS officials voted to purchase roughly 122 acres off Shoaff Road in Huntertown across from Fairview Cemetery and build the middle school there.NACS-Potential-MS-Option-Hatch-and-Malcolm-PropertyDownloadThe new school will join Carroll Middle School and Maple Creek Middle School as the only middle schools in NAC
  
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