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Month: August 2024
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Sports Daily Digest August 16, 2024
Milan rolled over South Decatur 30-6 in the middle school football season opener last night. The Indians will be back in action Tuesday at South Dearborn. Batesville defeated Franklin County 165-200 in girls golf yesterday. […]
Obituaries
Larry “George” Wilson, 77
Larry “George” Wilson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2024, at the age of 77. Born in Rushville, Indiana, on February 13, 1947, George lived a life full of […]
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Jerry Frey
Jerome “Jerry” Frey, 68 years old of Cincinnati, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Originally from St. Leon, Jerry was in the first class to graduate from East Central High School in 1974. An […]
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Indiana Farmland Prices Increase Despite Downward Pressure
(Statewide) – The Purdue University Farmland Value and Cash Rent Survey showed that Indiana farmland prices once again hit a new record in 2024. The average price of top-quality farmland is $14,392, up 4.8 percent […]
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Area Entities Receive State Entrepreneurship Grants
(Indianapolis, IN) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has announced $1.05 million in grant awards to accelerate entrepreneurial activity and resources statewide through its new Community Collaboration Fund (CCF). The agency says this investment […]
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Eleven Local Farms Recognized as Hoosier Homesteads
(Indianapolis, IN) – One hundred and three Indiana farm families were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award by Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb on Wednesday. The award is presented each year at the Indiana State Fair […]
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Indiana’s 3rd Grade Literacy Rates Go Up for Third Straight Year
(Statewide) – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) released Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) scores from the 2023-24 assessment on Wednesday. The data indicates third graders had the largest single-year increase since the assessment […]
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Greensburg Schools to Lease Learning Center Space for Child Care
(Greensburg, IN) – The Greensburg School Board has approved the leasing of space at the Greensburg Learning Center on Central Avenue to a company planning to provide childcare. All 4 Kids currently runs daycare centers […]
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Sports Daily Digest August 15, 2024
North Decatur finished at 236 in a three-way girls’ golf match with Eastern Hancock and Union County Tuesday evening. The Chargers Mary Stier earned medalist honors by shooting a 52. The Patriots finished 1st while […]
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Obituaries
Douglas W. “Doug” Pyles, 53, Lawrenceburg
Douglas W. “Doug” Pyles, 53, of Lawrenceburg passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood. Doug was born on Monday, August 31, 1970, in Lawrenceburg; son of William Pyles and […]