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Letter to the editor: NACS voters should choose serious candidates

This year’s (Northwest Allen County Schools) school board race is important. We have serious issues facing this district and need serious candidates to lead our schools. Four of the eight candidates running for our school board are connected to extremist groups. They think your tax dollars ...

NACS board prominent on Nov. 8 ballot as early voting begins

The Allen County Election Board has set up voting machines in the Rousseau Centre, 1 E. Main St., Fort Wayne, one of five early-voting locations in Allen County ahead of Nov. 8’s Election Day. School boards In this newspaper’s circulation area, Northwest Allen County Schools voters face ...

LC Nature Park founder John Brooks named Sagamore of the Wabash

ROANOKE — John Brooks, founder of LC Nature Park and chairman of the board of Brooks Construction Company Inc., received the Sagamore of the Wabash award on Oct. 12 for his efforts in preserving Indiana’s natural landscape and contributions to building the state’s road ...

Northrop band heads to Indy with ‘A New Beginning’

Drum majors Matthew Hampton, Noah Haefner and Cossette Hart prepare for one of the Northrop High School band's final rehearsals of the 2022 season. The Big Orange Pride performs at 4:43 p.m. Saturday in the ISSMA Scholastic Class A Finals at Franklin Central High School in Indianapolis. Story ...

Open Class bands earn trips to Oct. 29 Semistates

The North Side Marching Legends compete at the Carroll High School Challenge of Bands on Sept. 24. On Saturday at Lafayette Jeff High School, the Legends earned a trip to the ISSMA Class B Semistate on Oct. 29 at Pike High School in Indianapolis. PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW The Carroll Charger ...

Allen County Marketplace completes successful season

Allen County Marketplace has completed a second successful season of welcoming growers, vendors and artists to Huntertown Family Park. Huntertown residents Steve and Michelle Lebrecht operate Allen County Marketplace. The market has averaged 5,000 visitors on the second Saturday of each month, ...

Carroll to host band regional Saturday; Carroll, Homestead also here

ALYSSA LEE PHOTO Kaitlyn Meyer performs with the Carroll Charger Pride color guard at the Oct. 8 Scholastic Class Prelims and Open Class Invitational at Homestead High School. The Carroll Charger Pride marching band continues its 2022 campaign Saturday, Oct. 15. The band marches in Open ...

‘Disenchanted!’ at First Pres Theater

Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Cinderella are the first of 20 princesses to take the stage for "Disenchanted!" at First Presbyterian Theater. The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at 300 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne. Show continue at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 21 and 22 and 2 p.m. Oct. 16 and 23. Tickets ...

Arcola students prepare to battle it out at state robotics competition

Arcola Elementary School students have created a way to compete at the FIRST Lego League State Competition on Dec. 11 at The University of Indianapolis.The team, named “Smartbox Squad,” competed on Nov. 20 at Purdue Fort Wayne against students in 4th through 8th grade in a series of ...

NACS votes continue mask mandate until Dec. 18

The Northwest Allen County Schools Board of Trustees voted 3-2 on Oct. 13 to continue the mask mandate until Dec. 18.Vice President Elizabeth Hathaway, Secretary Kristi Schlatter and board members Ronald Felger voted to continue the mandate. President Kent Somers and board member Steve Bartkus ...