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• Slick roads persist this evening across the area

  08-02-2025 23:30 via wane.com
  
  It has been a difficult day of travel across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. A weather system has brought quite a mixed bag of wintry precipitation, including some snow, sleet, and freezing rain.While the widespread precipitation has now tapered off, we are still tracking spotty snow showers and areas of freezing drizzle this evening. Make sure you take it slow on the roads, especially those side streets and untreated roads across the area. Remember, it only takes a glaze of ice for drivin
  
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• Protesters takeover courthouse lawn

  08-02-2025 18:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Protesters were seen on the courthouse lawn and downtown streets Saturday in response to a string of executive orders at the state and federal levels.The protesters gathered for causes of immigration, the LGBTQ+ community and abortion, people coming from all sides of the to represent the different causes.
  People gathered outside the county courthouse just over a week ago fighting for similar causes.Another group walked from Lawton Park to the courthouse, with the messa
  
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• City of Fort Wayne prepares for wintry roads

  08-02-2025 14:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The city of Fort Wayne has said they have pretreated the roads ahead of the incoming weather system set to possibly impact the Fort Wayne area.
  In a press release from the city, they said the Fort Wayne Street Department has pretreated the roads and is ready to respond today and tonight to the incoming weather systems.
  The full statement reads,
  "The City of Fort Wayne Street Department pretreated the City’s main arterial intersections with liquid brine yesterday.
  
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• Allen County under travel advisory while City of Fort Wayne addresses wintry roads

  08-02-2025 14:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The city of Fort Wayne has said they have pretreated the roads ahead of the incoming weather system set to possibly impact the Fort Wayne area.
  In a press release from the city, they said the Fort Wayne Street Department has pretreated the roads and is ready to respond today and tonight to the incoming weather systems.
  The full statement reads,
  "The City of Fort Wayne Street Department pretreated the City’s main arterial intersections with liquid brine yesterday.
  
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• Here's how to stream the Super Bowl for free

  08-02-2025 14:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR) -- Not a traditional television viewer?You'll be able to stream Sunday's Super Bowl for free on Tubi, Fox's ad-supported streaming platform. The move gives cord-cutters and streamers a way to watch the biggest game in American sports without a subscription.Tubi was acquired by Fox Corporation in 2020. The streaming service plans to offer exclusive content, including its own pregame show.This marks the second Super Bowl Fox has broadcast in three years. Previously, the game
  
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• Locals raise over $110,000 plunging into freezing water for Special Olympics Indiana

  08-02-2025 13:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The time has come again to plunge into raising funds for the Special Olympics Indiana. The Polar Plunge is celebrating its 26th year of raising thousands of dollars for the Special Olympics Indiana. Plungers dive into the depths of freezing water each year to show their commitment to the Special Olympics. Plunge teams raise funds during the plunge season. In 2024 3,400 plungers across the state raised $1.16 million for the Special Olympics Indiana. This
  
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• Be Bold, Get Cold: Locals plunge into freezing water to raise thousands for Special Olympics Indiana

  08-02-2025 13:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The time has come again to plunge into raising funds for the Special Olympics Indiana. The Polar Plunge is celebrating its 26th year of raising thousands of dollars for the Special Olympics Indiana. Plungers dive into the depths of freezing water each year to show their commitment to the Special Olympics. Plunge teams raise funds during the plunge season. In 2024 3,400 plungers across the state raised $1.16 million for the Special Olympics Indiana. This
  
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• Messy wintry mix this afternoon

  08-02-2025 12:27 via wane.com
  
  The skies this morning are cloudy but at least quiet. Temperatures have fallen into the mid-20s to start the day, so make sure to bundle up if you're running any morning errands. It'll be helpful for the afternoon, too, with highs in the lower 30s.
  A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 11 AM through 11 PM today for a wintry mix, mainly in the afternoon.We are continuing to track the next weather system which arrives as early this this afternoon. This system will bring a variety of winter w
  
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• Nearly 25 years after Division I debut, PFW women's basketball seeing soaring success

  08-02-2025 01:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- In 2001, Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) -- then known as IPFW -- made the transition to NCAA Division I for its athletic programs, a move Athletic Director Kelley Hartley Hutton described as hasty at the time."It happened very quickly ... it caused some issues because in terms of scholarships, staffing and facilities, I'm not sure that we were ready," said Hutton, who served as the university's head coach for women's volleyball in 2001.Hutton said the transition, a
  
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• Stakeholders weigh in as Three Rivers Festival crowdfunding deadline looms

  08-02-2025 00:08 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows the initial launch of the crowdfunding campaign.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Stakeholders are weighing in on the future of the Three Rivers Festival as the crowdfunding campaign deadline looms, with less than a week left.
  Visit Fort Wayne, a stakeholder in the festival said they, "do not want to see any of them retire permanently.""The travel and tourism industry widely supports the notion that festival organizers across the country put into practice a process to regularly evalu
  
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