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WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · INDIANA STATE OFFICIALS EXAMINE POSSIBLE KEY CHANGES IN ELECTRICITY BILLS · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · INDIANA PAROLE BOARD SCHEDULES CLEMENCY HEARINGS AHEAD OF WEISHEIT EXECUTION · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · FEDS SET TO TRANSFER OVERSIGHT OF POWER PLANT COAL ASH RESIDUALS TO INDIANA · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · GIVAUDAN TO BUILD $215M FACILITY IN WEST HARRISON · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · OKLAHOMA MAN KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY PICKUP AT INDIANA CONSTRUCTION SITE · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · CLUB SODA RESIDENTS IN TERRE HAUTE ORDERED TO VACATE BY MONDAY · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · LAKE COUNTY ELECTIONS DIRECTOR SAYS MAIL-IN VOTING IS SECURE, COMPLIANT WITH LAW · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · INDIANA AMERICAN WATER OPENS $2.2 MILLION GARY TRAINING CENTER · U.S. 50 IS STILL MARTIN COUNTY’S PROBLEM CHILD · STUDY: DATA CENTERS COULD SUPPORT NEARLY 3,000 NORTHWEST INDIANA JOBS A YEAR · FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURE: DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TIGHTENING FINANCIAL CONTROLS · FREE SOIL SAMPLING PROGRAM OPENS FOR INDIANA FARMERS · KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SELL TOOTSIE ROLLS AND MAKE A SMOOTH $22,000 · OBITUARY: KYLE A. ROBERTS · MITCHELL’S WEEK: THE PERSIMMON FESTIVAL IS STILL THE TOWN'S BEST BUSINESS! · SBA TO HAVE MOBILE RECOVERY VEHICLE IN BRIGHT THIS WEEK ·

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