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NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial.
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Premiere Arts Academy says Elkhart Community Schools trustees will vote July 14 on whether to transfer ownership of the newly closed Osolo Elementary to Premiere Arts to expand their three-year-old Elkhart charter school.
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A Goshen organization is confident that it will soon be able to resume programs for those facing food and financial insecurity. The Window has suspended many of its services, as it tries to stabilize its finances.
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Efforts to bring broadband to more parts of rural LaPorte County are getting a boost. The county commissioners voted to designate all unincorporated areas an Infrastructure Development Zone.
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Elkhart Parks Superintendent Jamison Czarnecki says the McNaughton Splash Park picked the summer's hottest week so far to have a major pump fail, but two waterslides at Ideal Beach are running for the first time in two years.
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The new company, pending shareholder approval next year, following a Patrick Industries and Lippert Components merger would combine revenues of over $8 billion. An industry watcher says it's too soon to know if efficiencies gained will impact local jobs.
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