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County Drainage Board will meet Monday afternoon
The Wells County Drainage Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 5, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include project updates and miscellaneous drainage matters.
Summer seems like it is running at us at 100 miles an hour. We had a very busy opening weekend at the pool, with daily attendance numbers between 350-400 per day. Crowds that size keep our new employees hopping and working frantically to keep up. The good news is that our 15-year-old concession employees can work at...
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
BASEBALL: (regional championship) Norwell vs. New Castle at Oak Hill High School, 1 p.m.
TRACK & FIELD (girls): (state meet): Bluffton at Indiana University, 3 p.m.
MONDAY, JUNE 4
No events scheduled.
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
No...
The Allen County Athletic Conference released its all-conference awards for the softball season.
Bluffton and Southern Wells each had one player represented on the second team.
Lily King for the Tigers made it as an infielder, hitting for a .447 batting average, hit her first career home run and hit two...
Time to Take a Devotional Break: He Still Has Plans
HE STILL HAS PLANS
Another graduation season has arrived, and older graduates look back and smile nostalgically, remembering their childish certainty of becoming a firefighter, ballerina, or nurse. Life has brought new dreams and goals, and oftentimes childhood memories...
Gloria and all her children make the flight to Maryland
“Children, team up!”
They held hands by two and three; the two oldest each wore a backpack. I pulled a roller suitcase with a handbag on top and carried Joshua with my free hand. I looked to the right,...
Richard and Joan Morris Anniversary
Richard and Joan Morris, 0196E-300N, Bluffton, are celebrating their 60th anniversary Thursday, June 1.
Richard Morris and Joan Eichhorn were married June 1, 1963, at the Murray Missionary Church. The officiant was Rev. Howard...
United Way’s ‘Power of the Purse’ fundraiser set for June 15
“Power of the Purse” is back this year with a luncheon scheduled for June 15.
The designer purse fundraiser for United Way of Wells County will be held at Timber Ridge with purse viewings and raffle ticket sales beginning...
Geography, classic songs, and a hidden message
“I read the news today, oh boy.” That, of course, is a line from Lennon and McCartney’s “A Day in the Life” that applies today. The world and the bag of worries that accompanies it can be a tough place. Some days...
Area Things to See and Do: 05-30-2023
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WAR MEMORIAL COLISEUM
Vera Bradley Sale, June 14-18; Doobie Brothers, June 23; Beyond Van Gogh Experience: June 24-Aug....
Americans rediscover the summer picnic
It’s a positive trend that I hope continues: the resurgence of summer picnics.
According to Mental Floss, the Covid pandemic caused a picnic boom beginning in 2020 that is showing no signs of letting up.
In...
Angel Keep Journals: Black walnut blossoms and nuts and nut lovers
It appears some nut lovers are busy looking for the finest trees, the choicest limbs, and probably marking them in some way to be sure to revisit come harvest time.
Angelkeep has plenty of black walnut trees even though...
Property: Imagine it anew
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
— “Imagine,”1971
I don’t know if John Lennon was...
-30- for a few weeks for an African adventure
The label “-30-” is one of journalism’s oldest, as reporters used to write that number at the end of an article to signify to their editors that the story was finished.
I don’t recall ever using it since I...
Money, illusion and the state budget
Indiana’s legislative session addressed some of the most vexing public problems the state faces: hospital monopolies, housing, collapse in college attendance and a slew of social issues. But one aspect of the session is worth considering above all else — the state budget —...
Honoring a remarkable loss for a remarkable family
If you are not a first-time visitor to this Saturday spot, you have likely heard this before: What I’ve enjoyed most in this business is the people I’ve met and the stories I’ve been privileged to tell. There are a handful that...
Let’s do more to help elder caregivers
Like most Americans, Hoosiers aren’t doing a good job of planning for their long-term care needs. And like many states, Indiana needs to do more to assist the family members who are bridging the care-giving gap.
An American Association...
Jefferson Club holds its January meeting
The Jefferson Homemakers met recently at the Ossian branch of the Wells County Public Library. The club’s roll call was answered by 11 members answering two questions: Have you ever kept a New Year’s resolution? And, do you have a special New...
Twisted Metal in new location
Pictured from left to right are Stacey Duncan of WEG Commercial Motors, Jessica Beste of American Mortgage, Mayor John Whicker, Angie Arnold of HomeCourt Home Care, Kevin Pritchard of Ruoff Mortgage, Jayde Ketring of First Bank of Berne, Michael Frederick of...
Included in the Saturday, May 28, News-Banner: Two page scrapbook from this year's Bluffton High School Graduation. (Photos by Glen Werling)
Included with the Friday, Oct. 1, News-Banner: A 12-page scrapbook full of scenes from this year's Street Fair. Here are more photos. (By Jessica Bricker and Glen Werling)
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Saturday, June 03, 2023
Today’s news: A most grateful graduate; Lancaster Park construction opens with ground breaking;...
Friday, June 02, 2023
Today’s news: Loafin’ about; City park board gets update on summer...
Representative Jim Lucas jailed on OWI, leaving scene after crash in...
By LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ
Indiana Capital Chronicle
Submissions open for Indiana ag photo contest
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture will accept submissions for the...
Pence to launch presidential campaign June 7
By JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
Purdue’s Edey returning to school at NBA draft deadline
By AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writer
Jefferson Homemakers hold monthly meeting
The Nov. 10 meeting was held at the Ossian Library with...
Events at the Parlor City Plaza this weekend
On Friday evening, Sept. 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. entertainment...
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