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• Freshest flavors at Kuehnert Milk House

  29-05-2024 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! The Kuehnert Milk House is stocked with the coldest milk and ice creams for the summertime heat.The Kuehnert Milk House opened in early February, however, Kuehnert Dairy Farm gave WANE 15 a guided tour of their Milk House.
  Inside, they sell a variety of milk flavors in addition to the standard whole, 2% and skim. Customers can indulge in flavored pints of milk such as cotton candy, root beer, orange cream, coffee,
  
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• 25 local business owners awarded Dyer Grants

  29-05-2024 22:46 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) -- Twenty-five local Black-owned businesses and their owners were awarded Dyer Grants, a program that aims to support small, for-profit Black-owned businesses, the Dyer Family Foundation announced in a ceremony on Wednesday.The Dyer Family Foundation, an organization that supports local small business owners and entrepreneurs, awarded a total of $166,000 to the 25 grant recipients. This is the third year the foundation has provided grants to Fort Wayne-area business owners.This year, gran
  
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• Upcoming fundraiser aims to teach people about service dogs

  29-05-2024 22:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An upcoming fundraiser hosted by the Indiana Canine Assistant Network (ICAN) aims to teach people about the organization and the service dogs they help train.The breakfast fundraiser, called Waffles & Wags, will be held at Ceruti's Catering on Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 a.m.According to ICAN, service dogs must complete a two-year training program that are mostly led by inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison, Pendleton Correctional Facility and Correctional Industrial
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 29.
  
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• Coroner's office makes ruling on 'suspicious' death of woman found dead in her front yard

  29-05-2024 20:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Allen County Coroner's Office has determined the cause and manner of death of a woman found dead in the front yard of her rural Allen County home back in February.Officers with the Allen County Sheriff's Office were sent to the home, located in the 10100 block of Aboite Road in the southwest part of the county late in the morning of February 15 on a report of an unconscious person. The woman, identified as Sheila Louise Snyder, 61, was pronounced dead by medics at the
  
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• Garrett man arrested on child porn charges

  29-05-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) — A Garrett man has been arrested on child pornography charges after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).DeKalb County Sheriff's Office along with the Indiana Internet Chrimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested 37-year-old Brody Dixon Wednesday morning, according to a press release.The arrest came after an investigation that stemmed from a cyber tip from the NCMEC.
  Dixon was transported to the DeKalb County Jail on initial
  
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• Garrett High School teacher arrested on child porn charges

  29-05-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) — A Garrett man has been arrested on child pornography charges after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).DeKalb County Sheriff's Office along with the Indiana Internet Chrimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested 37-year-old Brody Dixon Wednesday morning, according to a press release.The arrest came after an investigation that stemmed from a cyber tip from the NCMEC.
  Dixon was transported to the DeKalb County Jail on initial
  
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• Coroner identifies man hit by train in southwest Fort Wayne

  29-05-2024 20:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who died Monday after being hit by a train on Fort Wayne's southwest side.The coroner identified the man as Alan Joseph Faulkner, 41, from Fort Wayne.The train hit Faulkner shortly before 10 p.m. on the tracks that cross West Hamilton Road between State Road 14 and Bass Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The coroner determined Faulkner died from blunt force injuries in the crash. His death was ruled an accident.The Al
  
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• Toxic algae bloom found in Big Chapman Lake

  29-05-2024 19:16 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO Co., Ind. (WSBT) - A highly toxic algae bloom has been identified in Big Chapman Lake. Water experts are urging people and their pets to stay out of parts of the lake.The algae was discovered by a resident who reported it to the Lilly Center at Grace College which tested it. They found the algae to be Cyanobacteria, also referred to as blue-green algae.Even though referred to as algae, it's not. It's a bacteria which has the ability to produce a toxin called microcystin, which is toxic
  
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• Fort Wayne student eliminated from Scripps National Spelling Bee

  29-05-2024 18:27 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WANE) - One of Fort Wayne's all-star spellers went back to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the third time. Unfortunately, Achyut Ethiraj misspelled a word in the quarterfinals.Achyut is an 8th grader at Maple Creek Middle School. The 14-year-old has previously spelled in the 2022 and 2023 Bees. He reached 14th place in 2022 and then 23rd in 2023.During the 4th round of spelling in the quarterfinals Achyut was eliminated. This puts him tied for 60th place with all the othe
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 289
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Jury finds Trump guilty on all counts in hush-money case

  29-05-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoo
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Jury finds Trump guilty; first U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

  29-05-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate t
  
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• Trump trial: Jury announces that it has reached a verdict

  29-05-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  The player above is from Nexstar's WPIX in New York and will have live coverage of the trial.(NEXSTAR) — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has reached a verdict, signaling a highly anticipated culmination of the first criminal case against a former American president.The verdict from the 12-person jury is expected to be delivered later Thursday in the Manhattan courtroom where prosecutors spent weeks presenting allegations that Trump participated in a hush money scheme aime
  
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• Jury finds Trump guilty on all counts in hush money case

  29-05-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoo
  
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• Suspect in 2006 cold case booked into Allen County Jail ahead of hearing

  29-05-2024 17:26 via wane.com
  
  Video: Charges filed in 2006 Fort Wayne homicideFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man charged with murder earlier this month in a 2006 killing has been booked into the Allen County Jail ahead of an initial hearing scheduled for Thursday.Derrick R. Johnson, 39, faces charges of murder, felony murder and robbery in the killing of Robert “Scott” Parrish at his home on Vermont Avenue in March 2006.Ahead of the upcoming hearing, Johnson was moved to the Allen County Jail from state prison, wher
  
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• Wabash native one of three ISP Peru Post probationary troopers

  29-05-2024 16:41 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) — A Wabash native is now one of three Indiana State probationary troopers stationed at the Peru Post.
  Probationary Trooper Kyle Lafferty is a Wabash native
  Kyle Lafferty graduated from Wabash High School in 2008. Following his graduation he served in the US Marine Corps for five years and spent eight years as a Wabash City Police Officer with the rank of Sergent.Lafferty resides in Wabash County and will primarily work in Grant County. He was a part of six who graduated
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, May 29.
  
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• Police turn over new leads in central Indiana boy's 2022 disappearance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  MOORESVILLE, Ind. – Investigators in Mooresville have turned over new leads in the case of a missing 5-year-old boy.Steven Bryan was the subject of a Silver Alert in August 2022 when he was 3 years old. At the time, authorities said he was believed to be in the company of his mother, Deborah Bryan, and her boyfriend, Caleb Blevins. Indiana bill pushes to create ‘Green Alerts’ for missing, at-risk veteransSteven was last seen in Mooresville on June 9, 2022. He disappeared when h
  
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• Author shines new light on IU student Lauren Spierer's disapperance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the days after IU coed Lauren Spierer disappeared following a night of partying on June 3, 2011, a reporter from her hometown newspaper in Westchester County, New York, arrived in Bloomington and started breaking stories and scooping the local reporters who flocked to cover the case.Shawn Cohen of the Journal News made inroads with the closed-mouth circle of friends who knew Lauren’s secrets and what she had been up to in the last days before she vanished.Now,
  
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• Author shines new light on IU student Lauren Spierer's disappearance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the days after IU coed Lauren Spierer disappeared following a night of partying on June 3, 2011, a reporter from her hometown newspaper in Westchester County, New York, arrived in Bloomington and started breaking stories and scooping the local reporters who flocked to cover the case.Shawn Cohen of the Journal News made inroads with the closed-mouth circle of friends who knew Lauren’s secrets and what she had been up to in the last days before she vanished.Now,
  
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• 2 people missing after building explosion in Youngstown, Ohio

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Two people were missing and seven were injured when a natural gas explosion caused extensive damage to a building in downtown Youngtown, Ohio, authorities said.The blast, which occurred around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, blew off the façade of Realty Tower. Firefighters helped some people get out of the building, which houses a Chase Bank on the ground floor and has apartments in upper floors.Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley said a man and a woman were missing follo
  
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• Stolen SUV found in St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park

  29-05-2024 13:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A stolen SUV was found Wednesday morning in the St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne.Emergency crews were called to the scene near St. Joe River Drive and Anthony Boulevard before 7 a.m. after a passing motorist spotted the vehicle. A WANE 15 videographer at the scene said they saw the license plate sticking up out of the water.
  No one was found inside or near the SUV, according to FWPD Sgt. Jeremy Webb, and a tow truck pulled it out of the river.
  
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• Divers search for occupants after vehicle found in St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park

  29-05-2024 13:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A search is underway in the St Joseph River after a motorist spotted a vehicle in the water near Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne Wednesday morning.Emergency crews were called to the scene near St. Joe River Drive and Anthony Boulevard before 7 a.m. and a WANE 15 videographer at the scene says the license plate was sticking up out of the water and the vehicle has been reported stolen.
  So far it doesn't appear that the vehicle was occupied. This story will be updated wh
  
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• More rain and cooler temps today

  29-05-2024 09:19 via wane.com
  
  If you like the cooler days we've been having then you'll love today. Showers and even some storms are possible through late this afternoon. Sunshine will return full force by tomorrow and Friday.
  More clouds than sun with showers and storms through the late morning with temperatures staying in the 60s.
  Scattered afternoon showers are possibleWe'll see a few breaks in the clouds this afternoon but we could still see scattered storms.Skies will begin to clear this evening and it will be much cool
  
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• More scattered rain/storm chances Wednesday

  29-05-2024 05:58 via wane.com
  
  A cool and unstable pattern remains, so we are seeing rain and thunderstorms continuing to scatter through our forecast.Our lowest temperatures will be in the low-to-mid-50s as we approach dawn.Morning temps are as low as the low-mid-50s.When Wednesday's rain isn't falling, we'll have a partly cloudy sky. High temperatures will end up in the upper 60s in Fort Wayne. Some outlying spots may hit 70°.High temperatures on Wednesday will be slightly lower than our Tuesday highs in the low 70s.By
  
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• This online tool shows where your child can get food over the summer

  29-05-2024 04:07 via wane.com
  
  (KTXL) -- Even when schools are out for summer vacation, many families may still be in need of free meals for their children. For those looking for assistance, there’s an online search tool that can help you find a summer meal site in your community.
  Families can use the Summer Meal Site Finder to see where free meals are available. The site currently has data for 30 states. It was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.How to use the toolThe onli
  
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• 'A good experience:' Rohli Booker reflects on first Fort Wayne City Council meeting

  29-05-2024 04:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday, Fort Wayne City Council conducted its Tuesday meeting with its newest member in tow: Rohli Booker.The former vice president for the Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of Trustees told WANE 15 the first of many meetings went well."It was a good experience for a first meeting," Booker said.The latest representative of Fort Wayne's 6th District attributed her preparedness to the support and advice she received from her new colleagues."Other councilmembers real
  
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• New stretch of trail along Stellhorn Road receives nearly $600K in funding

  29-05-2024 03:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The latest addition to Fort Wayne's expansive selection of trails will be in northeast Fort Wayne after Fort Wayne City Council approved funding for the project Tuesday.City Council voted unanimously to provide $595,350 for the new trail, which will run along the north side of Stellhorn Road between Maplecrest and Wheelock roads.Nick Jarrell, the Right-of-Way manager for the City of Fort Wayne, said the trail will be 1.8 miles long and provide access to many other trai
  
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• Fort Wayne City Council approves funding for bridge replacement at Lawton Park

  29-05-2024 01:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Lawton Park will receive a new pedestrian bridge thanks to Fort Wayne City Council approving funding Tuesday to replace the park's current bridge.The Lawton Park Trestle Bridge Construction project aims to replace the current bridge that runs over Spy Run Creek and is part of the St. Marys Pathway of the Rivergreenway."This is the last step it takes in order for us to move forward and actually get the new bridge built, so we're really looking forward to the demolition
  
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• Scattered rain/storms tonight, cool before next warmup

  29-05-2024 01:34 via wane.com
  
  A cool and unstable pattern continues, so we are seeing rain and thunderstorms scatter through tonight and, again, tomorrow.This evening, temperatures fall through the 60s and into the 50s. Our lowest temperatures will be in the low 50s during the early morning.Temps drop into the 50s later tonight.When Wednesday's rain isn't falling, we'll have a partly cloudy sky. High temperatures will end up in the upper 60s.High temperatures on Wednesday will be slightly lower than our Tuesday highs in the
  
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• Scattered rain chances linger, cool before next warmup

  29-05-2024 01:34 via wane.com
  
  A cool and unstable pattern continues, so we will still see periods of showers and even some thunderstorms scatter through tonight and, again, tomorrow.This evening, temperatures fall through the 60s and into the 50s. Our lowest temperatures will be in the low 50s during the early morning.Temps drop into the 50s later tonight.When Wednesday's rain isn't falling, we'll have a partly cloudy sky. High temperatures will end up in the upper 60s.High temperatures on Wednesday will be slightly lower th
  
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