RENSSELAER — The Fendig Summer Theatre for Children will perform Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical” this summer.

JASPER COUNTY — DeMotte, Rensselaer and Wheatfield will honor local veterans and those around the world with Memorial Day programs on Monday, May 26.

RENSSELAER — Grand Valley State in Michigan is where Eli Kosiba learned to become one of the elite high jumpers in the country, but it all began on the soft asphalt and the signature red landing pad at the high jump pit in Rensselaer.

Frank Dennis Riegelnegg, who served as president of Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer from 2008-2014, died peacefully at the UPMC avant hospital in McCandless, Pennsylvania on May 12. He was 74 years old.

JASPER COUNTY — An investigation into stolen heavy machinery — including semi-trucks and an excavator — by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department and the Jasper County Detective Bureau yielded a pair of arrests this month, according to a JCSD press release.

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May is National Military Appreciation Month, a time to honor, and thank the men and women who have served or are currently serving our country.

LOWELL — Less than a month after a semi-trailer carrying aerosol cans burst into flames and scarred the roadway on I-65 near the DeMotte/Roselawn exit, another semi-trailer caught fire near the Lowell exit on Saturday (May 17), closing the interstate for hours.

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Our Historic Preservation Association of Jasper County is an of Indiana Landmarks, the outstanding and largest preservation association in the US. Its business is to save and repurpose old buildings and to revitalize neighborhoods and downtowns.

(Indianapolis) – IFBI Community, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance’s corporate volunteering and giving program, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this important milestone, IFBI Community expanded its of the United Way of Central Indiana, facilitated volunteer opportunities dur…


 Cops Cycling for Survivors has announced plans for its 24th annual bicycle tour of Indiana as well as unveiling the memorial photos on its truck in anticipation of National Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15.

RENSSELAER — Mayor Jeff Phillips of the City of Rensselaer recognized May as National Speech-Language-Hearing month during a proclamation reading at city hall last week.

JASPER COUNTY — The Jasper County Library Board and library director Evie Parrish hope to upgrade the interior of their library branches in DeMotte, Rensselaer and Wheatfield in the near future.

In one state where baiting deer is against the law, a conservation officer discovered a sign nailed to a tree near a pile of corn. The sign said: “WARNING! Baiting deer is illegal! This corn pile is intended for squirrels and chipmunks, not for deer! Any deer found eating this corn will be shot!”