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Local News Headlines: September 27, 2023

New career scholarships to open doors for Hoosier high school students – Deadline to apply for $5,000 scholarship is Oct. Local lawmakers encourage high school students who want to pursue work-based learning and credentials outside the classroom to apply for the state’s newly launched Career Scholarship Account program. State Rep. Dave Hall (R-Norman) said Hoosier students in …

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Local News Headlines: September 25, 2023

Local United Way merges with South Central Indiana BranchUnited Way of Monroe County and United Way of South Central Indiana announce exciting news today that these two organizations have united as one, joining forces to combine their unique abilities, partnerships, and histories to bring new opportunities to the region. Merging creates operational efficiencies, ensuring greater …

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Local News Headlines: September 20, 2023

IU research analyzes relationship between agriculture, emergence of new diseasesResearch from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington proposes a new way of understanding how diseases spread between animals and humans, by focusing on the effect that agriculture, ecological and sociopolitical factors have on disease emergence and transmission.  In an article published in the journal One …

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Local News Headlines: September 18, 2023

Juvenile dies in Morgan County off-road vehicle (ORV) accidentIndiana Conservation Officers are investigating an ORV accident that occurred last Thursday night in Paragon. At approximately 7pm, Conservation Officers were dispatched to a property near the 1600 block of Duckworth Road.  Upon arrival, officers discovered that a 12-year-old operated a side-by-side ORV on private property when the …

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