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By HOLLY GASKILL
The Wells County Council kept things brief Wednesday after an already-long week with the primary election.
With the election in mind, the council unanimously approved a new $2,500 stipend allowed for the auditor and clerk through House Enrolled Act 1328. Clerk Beth Davis will receive a $2,500...
Nine residents of Ossian Health Care and Rehabilitation Center are preparing for an annual “Olympics” competition, which will be held May 30 in Marion. Above, Doris Bowman practices her bowling skills while, below, Beverly Markley works on her putting under the watchful eyes of activities assistant Tiffany Kelly. The event is an...
INCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 4:40 p.m., Pine Grove Apartments. Report of fighting. Officer discovered two different couples in verbal arguments, both going through divorces.
Monday, 5:44 p.m., 200 block of West South Street. Officer requested to standby for transaction. No issues.
Monday, 7:49 p.m., 400 block...
Knights top Barons to remain unbeaten in NE8 girls’ tennis
Norwell defeated DeKalb on the Knights senior night, and got a 5-0 win Wednesday.
The Knights improved to 12-2 overall and 6-0 in the Northeast 8 Conference.
Individual results:
• Addy Heyerly defeated Sophue Pfister...
Tigers sweep Raiders in softball, finishes the original game
Bluffton and Southern Wells finished the final inning of their game back on Friday, April 26,.0.0 that was postponed three days later and was then postponed again. The games were played on Monday.
The Tigers defeated the Raiders 21-6, and then played...
Free ‘Firefly Tour’ dancers
Dancers from the Fort Wayne School of Ballet will be appearing at Bluffton’s Kehoe Park on Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. for a free “Firefly Tour” concert. They also will be doing free programs at the...
World Labyrinth Day walkers
Walkers in the World Labyrinth Day event on Saturday, May 4, from 1 to 2 p.m. were part of the wave of prayers for peace going across the country, at the Labyrinth beside Bluffton’s First Presbyterian Church....
Here’s the Thing: Fear of failure keeps people from making decisions
I would sit at my desk and look out over my classroom and watch as my students would attack a test with a variety of strategies. I noted the ones that feverishly wrote their answers with such confidence that I knew that...
Amish Cook Rewind: Getting ready for a baby in 2020
Editor’s Note: This is an “Amish Cook Rewind” taking us to May 2020 when Gloria and her family were preparing for the arrival a baby and she shares a special spring recipe. Gloria will return next week! - Kevin Williams, Editor
Time to Take a Devotional Break: When God Unexpectedly Shows up
If you are a living, breathing human being, I daresay you have felt disappointed by God at some point. Even if you felt that you couldn’t express that unhappiness around fellow believers lest they think poorly of your faith, everyone has expectations...
Meeting Aktan from Kyrgyzstan
Those attending the Senior Snippets program featuring exchange students from Northern Wells High School were able to hear the outstanding program 16 year old Aktan Satybaldiev from Kyrgyzstan presented to the group at their last Tuesday morning gathering. Learned was that...
Angelkeep Journals: The next generation, Mom, and the linden tree
I will think long and hard about Mom during Sunday coming. Mother’s Day has become a reminiscence adventure.
Gone are the bygone times of buying corsages for mothers and grandmothers. Today’s younger generations have no knowledge of corsages, nor...
The primary campaign gave Indiana what it deserves
French philosopher and statesman Joseph de Maistre is credited with saying it first: “Every country has the government it deserves.” In America, we more often credit the sentiment to Thomas Jefferson, who specifically said, “The government you elect is the government you...
Wondering who my ‘Mad Hatter’ might be
I’ve never read Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Maybe I should, because I was curious enough one day to go down the rabbit hole of property taxes to find, as she did, a nonsensical world. According to one Cliff-Notes-style synopsis of the...
Catching up, and forging ahead
Holly Gaskill
Probably a dozen times in the last six months I’ve said “I really should write a column” about this or that. And then I’ve moved on with my day.
That’s my first confession....
Wherefore art thou, May Day?
In 1550, probably give or take a spring or two, Pieter (yes, Peter with an “i”) Brueghel the Younger painted a scene in the Netherlands of a village dancing and named it “St. George’s Kermis with the...
Me and my sparrows and finches and spiders
There’s a bird on the back porch. More specifically, there is a female red finch with a nest on the back porch. She made it out of jasmine clematis that Mom planted around 10 years ago. The flowers smell divine in the...
March Madness winner
Deb Garrett is the winner of The News-Banner’s 2024 NCAA basketball bracket contest with 206 points. She received a 55 inch LG T V from Stylus Technologies, pictured above. From left to right is Deb Garrett, Patty...
Creative Arts Council of Wells County honored as the Chamber April Member of the Month
The Wells County Chamber of Commerce staff and Ambassadors are thrilled to announce Janiece Lipsey, Executive Director of the Creative Arts Council of Wells County, as the April Member of the Month. The Creative Arts Council of Wells County, located at 428...
Local solar eclipse events listed
On Monday, April 8, Wells County residents will have the opportunity to view a total solar eclipse. The partial eclipse begins at 1:53 p.m.; totality begins at 3:08 p.m. and will last for approximately three minutes.
To celebrate the...
County Briefs: 03-22-2024
Sheriff requests share of ARPA funds
Planning to buy four police vehicles this year, Sheriff Scott Holliday requested a portion of the remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds to help cover the cost. Holliday said there was roughly $131,000...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Today’s news: Ossian man on probation after child pornography verdict; Training for the...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Today’s news: Adams County arrests wanted fugitive; Incumbents take GOP nominations across the board; Council...
Judge delays Fort Wayne murder trial
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday delayed until...
Fed: Interest rates will stay at high until inflation further cools
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
What marijuana reclassification means for the U.S.
By JENNIFER PELTZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press
Indiana to pilot return to misdemeanor defense reimbursement
By LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ
Indiana Capital Chronicle
Historical society re-elects officers, hears history of county bridges
By BARBARA
BARBIERI
Members of...
Ossian Rotary to host Red Cross disaster program manager
At its regular weekly meeting on Thursday, April 25, Ossian Rotary...
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