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Multiple Semis Crash On Toll Road Stops Traffic For Hours
(STEUBEN COUNTY) - A Monday night crash on the Indiana Toll Road involving multiple semis shut traffic down for several hours. Indiana State Police say just after 10:30 PM Monday Trooper Tyler Pinnington responded to calls of a crash at Mile Marker 151.2 in Steuben County involvi...
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Deer Disease Detected in Four Michigan Counties as Hunting Season Begins
LANSING, Mich. (WLKI)- Michigan wildlife officials are asking hunters and residents to watch for signs of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, after the virus was detected in deer in four counties, including Ingham and Jackson counties.EHD is spread by biting midges, small insects that breed i...
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Investigative Search Underway in Brittany Shank Disappearance
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Mich. (WLKI)- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigative search in Leonidas Township connected to the disappearance of Brittany Shank, who has been missing for nearly eight years.Shank was 23 when she was last seen on Nov. 30, 2018, in the 33000 block...
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Multi-Semi Crash Closes Eastbound Toll Road Lanes Overnight in Steuben County
STEUBEN COUNTY (WLKI)- Eastbound lanes of the Indiana Toll Road were closed for several hours overnight after a crash involving four semi-trucks near a work zone.Indiana State Police were called to mile marker 151.2 at about 10:39 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a multi-vehicle crash that...
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DEA, MSU Expert Warn Parents About Drugs Marketed Through Social Media
LANSING, Mich. (WLKI)- Federal drug officials and a Michigan State University cybercrime expert are warning parents that illegal drug sales are increasingly being arranged through social media and smartphones.Joseph Dixon of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Detroit office said dealers no lon...
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Whitmer Says Reading Reforms Need Time After Low M-STEP Scores
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WLKI)- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan must stay focused on improving student outcomes after third-grade reading results on the M-STEP assessment reached a record low.Whitmer visited Woods Lake Elementary School in Kalamazoo, where she served meals to students and discussed...
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CDC Says Lettuce-Linked Cyclospora Outbreak Has Ended
COLDWATER, Mich. (WLKI)- Federal health officials say a Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce has ended, easing concerns for restaurants and consumers in Michigan and several other states.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously identified shredded iceberg lettuc...
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Angola Invited to Pursue Park Planning, Improvement Grants
ANGOLA (WLKI)- The City of Angola and the Angola Parks Department have been invited to participate in the Community Park Initiative, a Lilly Endowment-funded program that could provide planning support and future funding for improvements to the city's park system.Angola was selected as one of 126...
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Twelve Sentenced in DeKalb Superior Court Criminal Hearings
AUBURN, Ind. (WLKI)- Twelve people were sentenced for criminal offenses during hearings held Aug. 25 and 26 in DeKalb Superior Court One before Judge Adam Squiller.The cases included felony convictions for burglary, obstruction of justice, theft, drug possession and impaired driving, as well as m...
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First Disbursement Of Neighborhood Road Funds Being Handed Out
(LANSING) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday local agencies across Michigan are seeing their first payments from the Neighborhood Roads Fund. It's part of the new long-term road funding plan aimed at rebuilding Michigan's state and local roads, bridges and transit with ...
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