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June 17th, 2011
COLUMBIA CITY — Parkview Whitley Hospital broke ground Thursday for a new 5,500 square-foot ambulance building at its new hospital site, with construction of the $900,000 project to begin soon after.
It is scheduled to open Oct. 20, the same day as the new hospital.
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COLUMBIA CITY — For the first time in the 25-year history of the Indiana Highland Games & Scottish Festival, the event highlighting Scottish heritage and culture has moved to Whitley County.
Slated for Saturday, June 25, 2011, the Indiana Highland Games & Scottish Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds in Columbia City.
Admission and parking for the event are free, due to a grant from the Whitley County Community Foundation.
June 15th
COLUMBIA CITY — A snap decision by a sheriff’s deputy Tuesday was the cause of a two-car collision that totaled a squad car, but caused no injuries, according to police.
According to squad car camera footage, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Lewis was southbound on Ind. 9 just south of U.S. 30 at approximately 10:30 p.m. when he saw a car with a headlight out.
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June 14th
LARWILL – Ind. 5, north of Larwill, closed at 7 a.m. today so crews can begin replacing a drainage structure, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Fort Wayne District.
The detour follows Ind. 109 and U.S. 33. It adds about seven miles for through traffic.
The project is expected to be complete by early August, weather permitting.
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COLUMBIA CITY — One of two suspects in the case of an exploding methamphetamine lab that killed a woman last December will serve 12 years in jail.
Joshua B. Angus, 25, was in Whitley County Circuit Court this morning for sentencing after pleading guilty May 16.
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NORTH WEBSTER – An alleged active meth lab on the dash of a vehicle that swerved into a ditch to avoid a deer has a Whitley County driver in hot water.
The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force reported that Deputy Sheriff Chris Francis responded to a crash at 4:39 a.m. Friday on Syracuse/Webster Road, just north of Ind. 13.
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June 12th
CHURUBUSCO — Traditions are appropriate at graduations but the salutatorian Dustin “Bob” Arvola broke it when he rolled down a sign that said “Bob” with an arrow pointing to him as he gave his dreaded speech.
A total of 105 Churubusco High School students made up the Class of 2011. An impressive 32 of them graduated with honors.
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SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko High School Principal Parrish Kruger was quick to point out the academic prowess of his graduating class Friday night as the school paid homage to the Class of 2011.
“As Principal of Whitko High School, I must say it’s been an honor to serve you,” said Kruger as he addressed the class.
Kruger announced that 36 percent of the class graduated with honors diplomas, which he said was six percent above the state average.
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COLUMBIA CITY — The Columbia City alumni group grew by 292 Friday evening as the 2011 senior class of Eagles turned their tassels, received a diploma and walked out into world.
One of the larger classes to go through Columbia City, the class motto of “we are the ones” puts in words how faculty speaker Bob Fahl witnessed one of the school’s most successful classes.
“They are without a doubt the best overall class that’s graduated from Columbia City High School in the last 30 years,” Fahl said in his address to the crowd.
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LARWILL — Georgia Tenney, secretary at Whitko Middle School, is retiring after nearly 33 years of service in education, with 14 of those years at Pierceton Middle School as a secretary and treasurer.
In 1993, when the school system consolidated its junior high schools, Tenney transferred from Pierceton to the newly-constructed Whitko Middle School as the school’s secretary.
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