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• DeKalb Plan Commission will consider potential solar project

  27-08-2024 23:53 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – On Wednesday, the DeKalb County Plan Commission will meet to consider the first step in a potential solar energy project.Thalassa Energy Project LLC has requested an amendment to the commercial solar energy overlay district which includes about 872 acres in Wilmington Township, just southwest of Butler.The amendment would not change the base zoning of the property but more so add an additional use.This project is now the second request the Plan Commission has h
  
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• FWPD finds missing teenager after Public Safety Alert

  27-08-2024 23:29 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE: The FWPD issued a mobile push notification just before 7:00 p.m. saying the missing teenager had been found.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has issued a Public Safety Alert for a missing teenager last seen in southeast Fort Wayne.Police are looking for 14-year-old Alejandro Cantu-Isreal, who the FWPD described as a Hispanic boy who is 5 feet 6 inches tall, 150 pounds and has brown hair with brown eyes.Alejandro was last seen in the 3500 block of Winter
  
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• Manchester sees biggest influx of new students since 2020

  27-08-2024 22:49 via wane.com
  
  NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) - Manchester University is welcoming the largest amount of new scholars the school has seen in four years.The percentage of first-year students, transfer students, and readmitted students for the 2024-2025 academic year has gone up a total of 17% from last year, the university announced Tuesday.
  And the most freshmen since 2020 are coming to campus, with first-year enrollment increasing by nearly 20%, not counting students who have been readmitted or transferred to
  
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• Partnership dissolves between DeKalb County firefighters

  27-08-2024 22:26 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - After two decades, a partnership involving two volunteer fire departments in Spencer and Concord townships is no more.Southeast Fire - a partnership that included the Spencerville Volunteer Fire Department and the Concord Township Volunteer Fire Department in St. Joe - officially dissolved Tuesday, according to a Facebook post from the Concord Fire Department.Until now, the emergency crews would all serve the townships of Concord, Newville and Spencer, according to K
  
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• Van Wert County Fair kicks off festivities for 168th year

  27-08-2024 22:21 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) -- For a whopping 168th time, the Van Wert County Fair kicked off a weeklong string of events and activities under a sweltering heat Tuesday.Located at the county fairgrounds, the Van Wert County Fair runs from Tuesday until Labor Day.Since its inception in 1855, the fair has grown considerably and tacked on more days multiple times throughout the years. The fair has operated under a weeklong schedule since 1963, according to the fair's website.A full list of events and pri
  
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• How 'corn sweat' is making a Midwest heat wave even worse

  27-08-2024 20:58 via wane.com
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Excessive heat warnings are in place across the Midwest Tuesday amid high temperatures and humidity, a combination made even worse by a phenomenon known as "corn sweat."Corn sweat makes the already humid Midwest summer feel even worse when the plant releases groundwater back into the atmosphere, University of Wisconsin Extension crops and soils outreach specialist Chris Clark told Nexstar's WFRV."Corn sweat is called evapotranspiration or just transpiration," expla
  
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• Judge orders bridal shops to pay over $200K for not delivering wedding dresses

  27-08-2024 20:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) An Allen County judge has ordered two business that operated Wendy's Bridal and I Do Bridal in Fort Wayne to pay restitution totaling more than $35,000 after they failed to deliver wedding dresses and other bridal services ordered and paid for by 24 individuals.
  The judge handed down the order last week after the defendants in the case brought by the Indiana Attorney General failed to show up for a hearing on August 14.The state filed the lawsuit against Wendy's Bridal an
  
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• Citilink holds public meetings on proposed fare hike

  27-08-2024 16:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The community has the chance to share their thoughts Monday on a proposed bus fare hike.Citilink announced last week that after more than a decade of steady pricing, the cost could go up as soon as spring 2025.Most prices would climb in a range of 17% to 25% based on the type of ticket, according to the proposal. For instance, those who have a mobile ticket or token transit currently pay $1.25 for a single-ride pass, and that would be raised to $1.46. A day pass would i
  
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• Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

  27-08-2024 14:31 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again.In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from the White House, “repeatedly pressured” Facebook for months to take down &ldquo
  
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• EEE, West Nile, malaria: Know the difference between these mosquito-borne diseases

  27-08-2024 13:32 via wane.com
  
  The world's deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It's the mosquito.The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person or animal they can pick up viruses or germs too. If they can go on to bite someone or something else, they deposit the germ right under the skin.People in some areas of Massachusetts have been warned to stay indoors when mosquitoes are most active after a rare case of eastern equine encephalitis
  
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• Expect near record-breaking heat and high humidity

  27-08-2024 11:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 15-FURY ALERT DAY is in effect TodayNear record-breaking heat and oppressive humidity will make it difficult to spend time outdoors today. It will feel more like it's 105 to 108 this afternoon with the combination of heat and humidity.Heat Advisory for most of the area begins at 11 am and continues until 10 pm tonight.
  The dangerous high heat and humidity levels make Tuesday a 15-Fury Alert Day.High temperatures will be in the middle 90s along with dew points in the 7
  
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• 15 Fury Alert Day: Near record breaking heat and high humidity

  27-08-2024 10:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 15-FURY ALERT DAY is in effect TodayNear record-breaking heat and oppressive humidity will make it difficult to spend time outdoors today. It will feel more like it's 105 to 108 this afternoon with the combination of heat and humidity.Heat Advisory for most of the area begins at 11 am and continues until 10 pm tonight.
  The dangerous high heat and humidity levels make Tuesday a 15-Fury Alert Day.High temperatures will be in the middle 90s along with dew points in the 7
  
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• High heat and humidity combine for a dangerously hot day

  27-08-2024 09:54 via wane.com
  
  Today is a 15-Fury Alert Day with high humidity and near record-setting temperatures combined for a dangerous combination to spend much time outside today.
  Heat and humidity will combine for dangerous conditions this afternoon and this evening 15 Fury Alert Day: Record breaking heat and high humidityDuring the morning temperatures will quickly approach 90 by noon and with high humidity will make it feel close to 100.
  The most dangerously hot part of the day will be in the afternoon with temperat
  
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• Fort Wayne heat mapping study takes place

  27-08-2024 04:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - After a delay of over a month, the long-awaited study mapping the hottest places in Fort Wayne took place on Monday.It was finally the perfect hot summer day. Temperatures reached the 90s, it was dry, and it was not too breezy for the Fort Wayne Urban Heat Island Mapping Study to be completed.About 40 volunteers gathered at the Foellinger Foundation in downtown Fort Wayne, which served as the volunteer hub for the study. Here volunteers could pick up and return temperat
  
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• Fort Wayne shares updated cooling center list

  27-08-2024 02:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- With temperatures expected to soar into the upper 90s Tuesday, the city of Fort Wayne released an updated list of public cooling centers.The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission’s day shelter is open 7 days a week from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Open regardless of temperature. Adults can access overnight shelter here as well.Location: 404 E Washington BlvdAlso, 3 meals are served each day for anyone in the community who is hungry:
  Breakfast at 7:00 AMLunch at 12:00 noonDinner at 5
  
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• West Central Fire District meets to discuss budget and scoping agreement

  27-08-2024 02:30 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The West Central Fire District (WCFD) Board of Trustees held a special meeting Monday night to make a modification to their 2025 budget before submitted to Allen County Council.Nearly two weeks ago, Allen County Council tabled the build-operate-transfer (BOT) resolution for a new fire station.
  "It was recommended to us that we put in a line item for the $700,000 that it will eventually cost on the payment for the new station if that's the route we go," said said Chris
  
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• Heat and humidity increase Tuesday

  27-08-2024 01:41 via wane.com
  
  Some of the hottest and most uncomfortable summer days are here through the middle of the week. There's a good chance that high temperatures will tie or break records this week with highs ranging from the lower to upper 90s through Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will still be pretty close to 90°, in the upper 80s. 15 Fury Alert Day: Record breaking heat and high humidityTonight is warm and muggy all night long. Our lowest temps will only be 70° before temps start rising, again, in the mo
  
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• ACPL announces new podcast studio and Maker Labs rebrand

  27-08-2024 01:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Allen County Public Library announced Monday that its branch-wide Maker Labs will be rebranded, offering new programs and technology under the name of "The Studios at the library".
  Director for Community Partnerships and Programs, Beth Boatright, said the rebrand fits the library's 2024 to 2028 Strategic Plan committed to "Lifelong Learning and Discovery," and allows the Maker Labs to evolve with their newly acquired equipment.
  The equipment, such as a brand-n
  
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