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County's Relay for Life begins Friday
Cancer Society fundraiser
Carroll County's sixth annual Relay for Life will be Friday and Saturday at the Carroll Junior-Senior High School track. The fundraising event begins at 5 p.m. on Friday and ends at noon on Saturday. It involves teams camping out, walking laps on the track, socializing, and participating in planned activities. The teams have had fundraisers to support their efforts. More...
Camden horse pull

The Percheron team of Buck and Charlie, pictured, won the Indiana Heavyweight Horse Pulling Contest in Camden Saturday night. They pulled 8000 lbs. 22'5". Owner and driver of the team is Bobby Milner of Prairie Creek, Ind. More...

Shovelnose sturgeon deaths a mystery
By Kevin Schnepp Staff writer

Mysterious deaths of dozens of shovelnose sturgeon in the Wabash River have sparked the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to search for the cause. More...

 Local News
• article has image A new concept for old tradition
Throughout the country there are bike-a-thons, cut-a-thons and various other 'a-thons' held annually to raise money for charities and to help those less fortunate than the 'a-thoners.' Most of the charity events are tried and true and have stood the test of time to produce the desired result. More...
• Planting away from corners prevents accidents
• article has image DPS purchases remaining third of City Hall building
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 Community
• What's Happening Elsewhere
Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District will offer CATCH A WAVE - COME EXPLORE YOUR WATERSHED, a new watershed curriculum for home school students, beginning Sept. 5 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Karst Farm Park Commons in Monroe County. The program will continue the first Wednesday of each month through May 2008. More...
• Lawries celebrate 60th
• Rossville EMS to host open house
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 Opinions & Letters
• article has image Midwest Memo
Reunions
I wonder if anyone tracks trends in family reunions? Are there more or less these days? I know the interest in genealogy and family history is up. Some of this is all the information available on the internet. The threshold for research is a bit easier due to technology. More...
• It's all about choices
• article has image Cartoon
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 Sports
• article has image Delphi senior leaguers claim state title
Against all odds, the Delphi Senior League baseball team won the 39th annual Town & Country Baseball State championship late Monday night in Walton with a thrilling doubleheader sweep over New Paris. More...
• Hendryx returns to coaching
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 Faith
• DIRECTORY OF AREA CHURCHES
SS=Sunday School SW=Sunday Worship
AMERICUS UNION NON-DENOMINATIONAL: Larry Williams, pastor. SW: 10 a.m. BRINGHURST UNITED METHODIST: Larry DeVos, pastor. SS: 9:30 a.m., SW: 10:30 a.m. BROOKSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST: 206 N. Prairie Street, Brookston. Ron Guzman, minister. SS: 9 a.m., SW: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. More...
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 Society
• article has image 80th birthday open house
Jeane Riley, formerly of Delphi, will celebrate her 80th birthday Sept. 1. Her family will host a birthday party open house in her honor Aug. 4 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center in Delphi. More...
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 Education
• article has image School days are here again
Classes will begin the second full week of August for students in the Carroll Consolidated, Delphi Community and Twin Lakes school corporations. The first day for Carroll students will be Aug. 14 and the first day for Delphi and Twin Lakes students, Aug. 15. Registration information, school calendars and other information follows. More...
• EDUCATION NEWS
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 Obituaries
• article has image Frank G. Faurote
Frank G. Faurote, 65, of Lafayette, died at his residence on July 23, 2007. Born in Lafayette on Sept. 5, 1941, he was the son of Earl F. and Christa M. Owens Faurote. He married Esther Jane Myers on March 29, 1963 in Thorntown, and she survives. More...
• article has image Lorena E. Mullendore
• Ruby Jackson Long
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 Public Records
• Superior Court
Judge Jeffrey Smith
Superior Court judgments are gathered from public records on file in the Carroll County Clerk's office on the second floor of the courthouse, Delphi. New Filings Jason R. Robinson was charged with four counts of battery resulting in bodily injury. More...
• Circuit Court
• Because the public has a right to know…
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