Albion News

I grew up in northwest Indiana, about 40 miles from the city of Chicago Illinois, and the area we affectionately call The Region , was home until the spring of 1994. via Associated Content

Former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, 98, died in his sleep in Washington, D.C. early Saturday morning. via TheIndyChannel

“In the case of the 1978 event, two fronts, two pressure centers, converged and the timing was just right”

The Blizzard of 1978 is an indelible image in the minds of Hoosiers old enough to remember. via Desert of the Real Economic Analysis

“I would counter that the district has been struggling with this issue for at least four years if not longer, and we have also put a number of articles in the paper over the years and the towns have never responded”

What : Northeast Indiana Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors' meeting; board may vote on closing several of the district's recycling drop-off sites When : 6:30p.m. Feb. via Journal Gazette

“Jaunt into the country on a cloudless July morning.”

Our very earliest "look" at Albion and its country to the west has been preserved to some degree by a descriptive account in the Albion Observer newspaper of August 1850. via KPC Media Group, Inc.

“I liked it all, and right now I'm making a clay volcano, and it might be really hard for me”

A note when creating homemade volcanoes: Make sure the vinegar used to make the "lava" isn't watered down. via Journal Gazette

“The old system is no longer effective and property owners along the line object to having sewage dumped on their land.”

A financial depression the likes of which this country had never experienced struck with devastating effect some 70 years ago. via KPC Media Group, Inc.

Sunday 7:16 p.m. - Property-damage accident, U.S. 24 and 600W. A vehicle driven by Anita K. Eickstead, 62, Bunsville, Minn., struck a deer. via Pharos-Tribune

“Growing a better future for others”

Harvesting of crops planted for the Common Ground Growing Project in Noble County is set for Oct. via Goshen News, Goshen, IN

“It is probable that the case will be appealed regardless of how it is decided”

From its very first day of settlement, Noble County - ' particularly the southwest portion in Noble Township - ' was plagued by numerous lakes and swampy areas that were unsuitable for farming. via KPC Media Group, Inc.

Published: October 3, 2007 6:00 a.m. Full plate: Vigneto open for dinner By Stefanie Scarlett The Journal Gazette Next time you want to give someone a "knuckle sandwich," send the offender to Vigneto for ... via Journal Gazette

Machine tools don't sit idle for very long at Busche. For that matter, they might not stay located in the same spot or even the same company building once a job has ended. via Modern Machine Shop

“To my personal knowledge some of these parties died leaving estates worth many thousands of dollars”

Material for this column comes from various sources, but those I find most rewarding are individual recollections. via KPC Media Group, Inc.