E-EDITION
Police Notebook: 05-01-2024
INCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 3:19 p.m., 500 block of West Market Street. Located a cell phone.
Monday, 7:10 p.m., Walmart. Report of theft, subject stole meat in duffle bags, lawn care equipment and a...
City, county working interlocal agreement for economic development
By HOLLY GASKILL
There may soon be an interlocal agreement for Wells County’s economic development commission.
On Tuesday, County Attorney Ted Storer told the County Commissioners that he and Tony Crowell, attorney for the city of...
Me and my sparrows and finches and spiders
There’s a bird on the back porch. More specifically, there is a female red finch with a nest on the back porch. She made it out of jasmine clematis that Mom planted around 10 years ago. The flowers smell divine in the...
Here’s the Thing: What we can learn from labs, the furry kind not medical
I’m reading Tomorrow, a novel by Damien Dibben (2018) with multiple settings spanning 200 years and many locations; it focuses on Venice in 1815 as a 200-year-old dog searches for his master. That’s 200 in human years, a fantastical element of the...
Local Sports Roundup: 05-01-2024
Raiders blow out Rebels in softball
Southern Wells traveled to Randolph Southern in softball and came back happy Tuesday night.
The Raiders picked up their third win of the season, improving to 3-9 overall in a 19-0...
High School Calendar: 05-01-2024
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
BASEBALL: Norwell at New Haven, 5:30 p.m.; Bluffton at Adams Central, 5 p.m.; Southern Wells at Randolph Southern, 5 p.m.
BOYS GOLF: East Noble at Norwell, 4:30 p.m.; Woodlan at Bluffton, 5 p.m.;...
Police Notebook: 04-30-2024
INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 5:15 p.m., S.R. 1 and I-469. Property damage accident.
Friday, 5:43 p.m., residence in the 900 block of West Market Street. Caller accidentally swiped neighbor’s vehicle.
Friday,...
Bi-County Services Self-Advocates donate $5,000 to local nonprofits
In celebration of National Pay It Forward Day, the Bi-County Services Self-Advocates donated $5,000 to two of their favorite local nonprofits Friday morning, thanks to the generous support of the AWS Foundation.
Steve Ehrsam and Robert Wassil from...
Ossian baseball diamonds receive improvements
By SYDNEY KENT
The Norwell Junior Baseball League is kicking off the baseball season with growth both on and off the field.
Crews of volunteers work to make needed repairs at the Ossian ball diamonds....
Letter to the Editor: A case for solar on farmland
The topic of solar farms has caused a lot of vocalized opinions at meetings and there is certainly nothing wrong with that, but if you really want to know what the public thinks, look at where the consumer spends their money.