Lagrange News

A motorcyclist was lifeflighted from the scene of a collision Saturday morning, the Steuben County Sheriff's Department reported.

The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department says a LaGrange Police Department patrolman stopped a minivan in the area of State Road 9 and CR 200 S around 1:20 a.m. Police say the officer suspected illegal drugs might be in the vehicle and called the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department for help from one of their K-9 units.

A Michigan man was arrested early this morning in LaGrange after a police K-9 search of his cargo van led to the seizure of 32 pounds of marijuana hidden under the floor.

A Shipshewana man accused of operating an illegal salvage yard just outside his rural Shipshewana home has been given another five weeks to get his property cleaned up and to get his business into compliance with county zoning laws.

The LaGrange County Commissioners amended an ordinance Monday morning to allow law enforcement officers, judges and prosecuting attorneys to carry firearms into the county courthouse.

A warrant sweep Friday involving LaGrange County law enforcement agencies led to arrests of several people, including a runaway 15-year-old Noble County girl, the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department said.

LaGrange Town Police may have put a dent in a fake check-cashing scheme that has cost local financial institutions tens of thousands of dollars.