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Fire departments train using grain rescue tubes
CLYMERS, Ind. (AP) — With corn buried just inches away from his chin, Logansport Fire Department Chief Bernie Mittica felt immense pressure on his body as he was trapped inside a grain bin Monday evening. "It's a very, very uncomfortable s...
Smith family has spent more than 50 years farming in Indiana
ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — For more than 50 years, the Smith family has called Fulton County home. What started as a 420-acre farm west of Rochester has grown not only in acreage and crop production, but manpower. The Smith's farm, one of the largest in...
Logansport fifth-graders learn to extract strawberry DNA
LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — For Logansport fifth-graders, a strawberry is much more than a sweet snack — it's science. Over the past two weeks, students in Logansport's Ivy Tech Community College's Phi Theta Kappa honors society have been teaching loc...