Markle News

State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, has been chosen to serve on the Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.

The Wells County Commissioners approved the appointment of Terry Mohler of Markle as the countya s new Emergency Management director Monday.

Markle is planning a cleanup of the Wabash River, and town officials will soon be looking for volunteers to help.

The controversial Grigsby Chapel Road calming islands were the topic of an agenda item at Farragut's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, but the citizen who asked for the item was not present.

MARKLE a ' Town council members agreed to lend Marklea TMs support to proposals for the use of pictometry for GIS purposes Wednesday evening.

If you're old enough to have a driver's license and you use your cell phone to send text messages, you're probably guilty of what I'm about to write about: Texting while driving.

A hunting accident seriously injured a 45-year-old man over the weekend. Indiana Conservation Officers say Ronald Hostetter of Markle was hunting for deer when he fell from his stand.

NOBLE & WELLS Counties, Ind. - Authorities say a medical condition contributed to the death of a deer hunter in Noble County.

A discussion session aimed at creating "Pride in the Park" drew 21 interested volunteers for 90 minutes of proposals and planning to renovate Humphreys Park in Linton.

A Virginia Tech study for the U.S. Department of Transportation found that drivers who text-message are more than 23 times as likely to have an accident.

An area lawmaker hopes to outlaw texting while driving for all Hoosiers during the 2010 legislative session.

A Vigo County department has a new name - the Vigo County Parks and Recreation Department.

I think if I see another local politician or read another article or hear another newscast in which the speaker laments the fact that Indiana governments may have to cut spending because of the implementation of the property tax caps, I'm gonna scream.

State officials were in Hartford City, Monday, to honor the late State Senator David Ford.

The Huntington County coroner has ruled the death of a Tennessee man a suicide - after a motorist spotted his body hanging from a tree near Interstate 69 and Indiana 224.

The Huntington County coroner has ruled the death of a Tennessee man a suicide - after a motorist spotted his body hanging from a tree near Interstate 69 and Indiana 224.

A woman critically wounded Saturday during a shooting has been treated and released from a hospital, according to officer Michael Joyner, Fort Wayne police spokesman.

Wells Countya s state senator and its two state representatives received high marks from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for their votes cast in the 2009 session of the Indiana General Assembly.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.

With the help of some Wells County Girl Scouts on Thursday afternoon, Bluffton Regional Medical Center was the location for an emergency preparedness decontamination drill.