Volunteers needed to count turkey broods
The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife is looking for volunteers to count wild turkeys and their offspring from July 1 to Aug. 31.Each summer, wildlife biologists and volunteers conduct brood surveys, counting the number of young wild turkeys observed with turkey hens to estimate how many young turkeys live through the summer. Summer brood survival is one of the primary factors influencing wild turkey population trends in various regions Read more…
Senators Braun, Tester, Brown & Young Introduce Resolution Celebrating 100th Anniversary of the American Legion
Yesterday, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Todd Young (R-IN) introduced a Senate resolution celebrating the American Legion’s 100 year anniversary of serving veterans of the Armed Forces, their families and communities. The resolution designates August 23 through 29 as “American Legion Week” to coincide with the Legion’s 100th Anniversary convention in their home city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Representative André Carson (IN-07), who represents Read more…
South Shore Line Bussing Today and Tomorrow
The South Shore Line will be busing passengers on four weekday trains today and Thursday, due to track and overhead wire work for Eastbound Trains 7 and 9 and Westbound Trains 18 and 20.The busing will take place between Carroll Ave. and South Bend Airport stations.Buses for these trains will arrive and depart with passengers to match the published Monday-Friday train schedule between Carroll Ave. and South Bend.Bus service to Read more…
Horizon Bank Awards Scholarships to Students in LaPorte & Lake Counties in Indiana
Horizon Bank Minority Scholarship Program awards eleven students with $1000 scholarships. Yolanda Davis, Vice President, Community Reinvestment Act Officer, presented the scholarships during the Urban League of Northwest Indiana, Inc. Annual Scholastic Achievement Awards Luncheon on May 21, 2019. The following students were awarded scholarships: Christopher French, Matthew Olchawa, Amanda Sparks, Antonio Mistretta, Dimetrious Poston, Sydney Starks, Yatziri Moreno, Faith Spencer, Jairo Cazares, Jamon Cavanaugh and Sylvia Williams. “Horizon is Read more…
AG Curtis Hill joins federal authorities in national crackdown on robocalling Represents the nation’s state AGs at Chicago press conference
Yesterday, Attorney General Curtis Hill joined federal authorities at a Chicago press conference announcing a national robocalling sweep organized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In “Operation Call it Quits,” the FTC and its law enforcement partners announced 94 actions targeting operations around the country.Attorney General Hill was the only state attorney general attending the national press conference in Chicago.At the press conference, Attorney General Hill also discussed his office’s Read more…
- Better conditions for migrant children at troubled facility
Better conditions for migrant children at troubled Border Patrol facility in Texas
Wayfair workers walk out to protest company business with U.S. child detention camps
iStock(BOSTON) — Hundreds of workers at online retailer Wayfair walked out of the company’s Boston office on Wednesday to protest the company’s deal to sell furniture for U.S. child detention centers. The workers, joined by supporters from other tech companies like Square, filled Boston’s Copley Square near the company’s corporate headquarters at 1:30 p.m. “A person from ICE tweeted yesterday that they had no choice but to do their job,” Read more…
NKorea urges South to stop mediating between North, US
North Korea says South Korea must stop trying to work as a mediator in talks between Pyongyang and Washington
Ahead of Democratic debates, 2020 candidates visit shelter for unaccompanied migrant children
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(MIAMI) — Two presidential candidates, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, visited a temporary holding facility for unaccompanied migrant children in Homestead, Florida, on Wednesday, hours before they were due to hit the Democratic debate stage. While neither Warren, of Massachusetts, or Klobuchar, of Minnesota, were allowed into the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Warren spoke outside of the facility and called the separation of families at Read more…
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