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WLKI Seeks Records In Steuben County Park Financial Investigation
(ANGOLA) - WLKI is continuing its investigation into financial oversight at Steuben County Park and Campground on Crooked Lake.A State Board of Accounts examination found that $44,141.27 collected at the park between 2022 and 2024 was not deposited.Former Park Assistant Superintendent and Event C...
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Cyclospora Cases Continue Rising Across The Region
(ANGOLA) - Cyclospora cases continue to rise across northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio as federal health officials expand their investigation into the nation's largest outbreak of the parasite. Nearly 1,950 illnesses have been linked to shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell re...
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Funeral Arrangements Announced For Lakeland Student Killed In Crash
(TOPEKA) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for an 18-year-old Lakeland High School student killed Thursday evening in a crash near Topeka.The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office says Kaden Wiese of Wolcottville lost control of a pickup truck around 7 p.m. on County Road 700 South. The truck...
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Bryan Man Pleads Guilty In Buggy Hit-And-Run Case
(BRYAN) - A Bryan man has pleaded guilty in a Williams County hit-and-run that seriously injured a pregnant woman and her two children.Michael Quillen entered guilty pleas Thursday to three counts of failure to stop after an accident and one count of tampering with evidence.The charges stem from ...
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Three Injured When Pickup Rear-Ends Buggy In LaGrange County
(LAGRANGE COUNTY) - A Wolcottville woman and two young children were injured Wednesday afternoon when a pickup truck rear-ended their buggy in LaGrange County.The crash happened shortly before 3 p.m. on State Road 9 near County Road 300 South.The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office says 77-year-old ...
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Three Years, $44,000 And Few Answers: Inside The Steuben County Park Financial Failure
(ANGOLA) - Steuben County leaders have still provided no public answers about how more than $44,000 in county park collections went undeposited over three years--or how residents can independently know the financial operation is now under control.A former park employee, Sara Brook Smith, has been...
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Charges Filed In Steuben Park Money Case; County Oversight Questions Unanswered
(ANGOLA) - Sara Brook Smith now faces four felony charges in the Steuben County Park missing-money case.What the charges do not explain is what county supervision or financial controls were in place while more than $44,000 in park collections went undeposited over three years.Four Felony ChargesS...
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Former Steuben County Parks Employee Charged In Missing Money Investigation
(ANGOLA) - The former Steuben County Parks employee connected to a months-long investigation into more than $44,000 in missing park money has now been charged with four felonies.Sara Brook Smith, the former Park Assistant Superintendent and Event Center Coordinator, was charged Monday in Steuben ...
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I&M Customers Can Earn Bill Credits By Shifting Electricity Use
(INDIANA) - Indiana Michigan Power customers can earn credits on their electric bills by reducing or shifting electricity use during periods of high demand.I&M's voluntary Power Rewards programs generally target peak hours between 3 and 7 p.m., when electricity use across the system is highes...
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Northeast Indiana Reports Dozens Of Cyclosporiasis Cases As Taco Bell Lettuce Is Linked To Outbreak
(ANGOLA) - Steuben County had 20 confirmed cyclosporiasis cases as of Thursday as the intestinal illness continued spreading across northeast Indiana.Indiana's case dashboard also showed 36 infections in Allen County, 15 in Noble County and eight in DeKalb County.Federal health officials are warn...
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