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Recycle Your Yard Waste Free Drop-Off Saturday

Get rid of grass clippings, brush, twigs, branches, leaves and garden waste for free this Saturday, September 19, 2020. Residents of Allen County can drop-off the debris at our Biosolids facility located at 6202 Lake Avenue between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Saturday. Residents may unload and drop-off loose material...

Get SepticSmart This Week

Gov. Eric Holcomb officially proclaimed this SepticSmart Week, and the DNR Lake Michigan Coastal Program (LMCP) is doing its part to promote septic system awareness and maintenance. The SepticSmart program (epa.gov/septicsmart) educates homeowners about proper septic system care and maintenance throughout the year. An estimated 33,033 households across the Lake...

New Ashberry Project Receives Redevelopment Approval

A new seven-story mixed-use building at the southeast corner of Main Street and Maiden Lane received Redevelopment Commission approval today. The project will provide commercial and retail space, as well as much-needed downtown public parking. The project includes a parking garage that will offer 383 public parking spaces near the...

Receive a Bill from DOR? Here’s How to Resolve It

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) is starting to send tax bills that were delayed earlier this year due to tax filing and payment extensions related to COVID-19. Bills for individuals who owe taxes, will begin reaching mailboxes this week and continue to be sent through December 2020. “All DOR...

FWACC Launches Dog Behavior Help Program

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Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control has launched additional services in its pet retention and rehoming services program to help pet owners work through behavior problems at home.

The program is part of FWACC’s overall mission to assist pet

Indiana Top State In The Nation For Adoption

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Governor Eric J. Holcomb and U.S. Administration of Children and Families Assistant Secretary Lynn Johnson today announced Indiana is the top state in the nation for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care.

“Every chi

Volunteers Step Forward To Provide A Voice For Abused & Neglected Children

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Allen County CASA will hold a Swearing-In Ceremony for 24 CASA Volunteers who completed training during the health crisis to serve as advocates. These resilient volunteers completed training virtually (via Zoom) despite the virus and s

Gov. Holcomb Announces Two New State Forests

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Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced the establishment of two new Indiana state forests at a ceremony today in Morgan County.

Ravinia State Forest, near Paragon, encompasses 1,500 acres of wooded rolling hills, valleys and restored cropl

FWACC Director Receives Humane Law Enforcement Award

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Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control Director Amy-Jo Sites received the 2019 Humane Law Enforcement Award from the Humane Society of the United States in honor of her work to strengthen laws protecting animals.

The Humane Society of the Un

New Mural On Basketball Court Of Carl O’Neal Memorial Park

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The Fort Wayne City Utilities and Parks and Recreation departments have partnered with local artist Andre Portee to create a new mural project on the basketball court of Carl O’Neal Memorial Park which sits adjacent to a Three Rivers Water

Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) For Emergency Shelters & At-Risk Afterschool Meals Programs

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Community Harvest Food Bank today announces sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program at the following sites:

• Weisser Park Youth Center, 802 Eckart St. Fort Wayne IN 46806, Serving Monday-Friday 5-5:30pm

• Euell Wilson Youth

SBA Offers Disaster Assistance To Businesses & Residents Affected By Heavy Rainfall & Flooding

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Indiana businesses and residents affected by heavy rainfall and flooding on June 27, 2020 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Administrator Jovita Carranza announced today.

Adminis

River Level Lowering To Aid River Protection Project

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Work to protect our rivers from combined sewer overflows continues throughout the community. It is necessary to lower the river to the non-recreational winter-time level beginning Monday, August 24, 2020.

The lowering will allow for in

Governor, Legislative Leaders Move Solution Forward To Assure 100 Percent Funding For Indiana’s K-12 Schools

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Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announced today that he will ask the Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) to take action to ensure that Indiana’s K-12 schools receive 100 percent of funding as he committed earlier this summer.

Gov. Holcomb will ask

Partnership With Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Pays Off

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Through a partnership between the Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) and the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, multiple volunteer projects have been completed at J.E. Roush Lake Fish & Wildlife Area (FWA)

New FWCS Buses Equipped With Stop Arm Cameras

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Fort Wayne Community Schools will start the 2020-21 school year with 29 school buses equipped with stop arm cameras, one more tool to assist in reducing the number of stop arm violations that occur.

Each day in Allen County, nearly 200 schoo